78 PALLAS'S SEA EAGLE. 



fine weather it spends the principal portion of its time 

 on some high solitary bank quite motionless." And 

 Mr. Hodges, in the "Bengal Sporting Magazine" for 

 1836, observes, "This species is generally found on the 

 banks of the larger rivers, near to where they issue 

 into the plains, and it preys on fish;" which quite 

 agrees with the account given by Lieutenant Irby, of 

 the Leucoryphon of the Crimea. 



I shall give the description by M. Schlegel, of Evers- 

 mann's specimen of F. leucoryphus, — Pallas, and then 

 that of the specimen labelled H. macei in the Norwich 

 Museum, from which my figure is taken. M. Schlegel 

 says, "Length twenty-four inches and a half; wings one 

 foot ten inches; tail eleven inches; tarsus three inches 

 and a half; middle toe, without claw, two inches. 

 Figure, beak, feet, and organization that of H. macei. 

 Beak blackish; general colour of the plumage earthy 

 brown, paler on the inferior parts. Feathers, particularly 

 the wing coverts, with a light border; those of the 

 head and neck fringed with yellowish brown. Region of 

 the ears, and a large streak, which is prolonged hence 

 to the neck, blackish brown. Greater coverts of the 

 wings and tail black; tail varied with white the first 

 half of its length; tail coverts pale brown, relieved by 

 some whitish spots. Feet yellowish; claws blackish. 

 Tail insensibly rounded at its extremity." 



An adult male, marked H. macei, from the Himalayas, 

 in the Norwich Museum, has the crown of the head, 

 nape, scapularies, upper part of back, and all the under 

 parts except the throat, cinnamon brown, darker on 

 the belly and thighs. Throat and forehead dirty white; 

 wings black brown; tail white, each feather being for 

 about two inches from the end black. Cere and legs 

 yellowish brown. 



