90 SHORT-TOED EAGLE. 



in which opinion he is corroborated by M. Roux, who 

 says that it builds "sometimes in high trees, and some- 

 times very near the ground." M. Tyzenhauz says that 

 it builds only on high trees in old forests, and never 

 on the ground. 



The eggs, two or three in number, are of a dirty 

 white or greyish, often slightly tinged with blue, and 

 without, spots. — (Degland.) 



M. Meyer says that the eggs are three, of a grey 

 slate-colour, with some spots of a light brown; but M. 

 Temminck remarks upon this, that he has never seen 

 eggs of this bird so dark a grey, and if they were, the 

 light brown spots would not be visible, as these spots 

 are always darker than the ground colour. M. Degland 

 says that he possesses an egg given him by M. Bouteille, 

 which is of a pure white, and rather rough to the 

 touch; that its authenticity cannot be doubted, for the 

 female was taken with it. 



In the midst of so much discrepancy of opinion, it 

 is with much pleasure I introduce the remarks of M. 

 Moquin-Tandon, which accompanied the drawing from 

 which our figure was taken, kindly sent by him, and 

 which I think quite clears up the matter: — 



"This egg was given me some years ago by Degland, 

 who had received it from M. Bouteille; the female was 

 taken with the egg. The great diameter of this egg is 

 six cents and a half, (two inches and five eighths,) and 

 the little diameter four cents and a half, (one inch and 

 seven eighths.) The shell is dull, and rough to the 

 touch. Tint pale azure white, without spots. Schinz's 

 figure, pi. 31, fig. 1, is rather too large, and perhaps 

 not sufficiently azured. That of Thienemann, pi. 11, 

 fig. 2, is much too small and too blue; it is, I think, 

 the egg of F. palumharius, (vide "Revue de Zoologie.") 



