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its occurrence in the Crimea, in the "Zoologist" for 

 1857, p. 5350, in the following words: — "There is one 

 more species of which I must speak; the only specimen 

 I know having been killed by a friend of mine in 

 the far-famed valley of Baidar, in May, who kindly 

 brought me the specimen while fresh, which I accord- 

 ingly skinned, not knowing the species, however, until 

 my return to England, when on walking through the 

 British Museum I espied one that was to my mind the 

 same, and so it turned out to be, namely the Tawny 

 Eagle, (Aquila ncevioides.) I preserved the sternum of 

 this bird." 



The extensive range of this bird over the continent 

 of Africa and Southern Asia, makes its discovery in 

 the Crimea less remarkable. It is mentioned by Dr. 

 Kuppell, under the name of A. albicans, as occurring 

 in Abyssinia. 



An interesting account of this Eagle is given by Mr. 

 Jerdon, in the tenth volume of the Madras Journal, 

 p. 68, from which I quote the following: — 



"The Wokhab (the Indian name for Tawny Eagle) 

 is the most abundant Eagle in India. I have seen it 

 both in the Carnatic, though more rarely, and on the 

 table land, where it is tolerably common. In the Car- 

 natic it chiefly frequents hilly districts clad with low 

 jungle. In the Deccan it frequents by preference the 

 cultivated lands near villages. Till an hour or two 

 after sunrise it may be seen seated on the top of some 

 tree, after which it sallies forth, sailing about at a 

 moderate height in general, though it varies much in 

 this respect, over the fields, valleys, and ravines, with 

 a slow circling flight, or in company with the kites, 

 like which it is ever . on the look-out, hovering over 

 villages, towns, and cantonments. They prey upon 



