FALCON. 149 



70— BIDO EAGLE. 



Falco Bido, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 137. Horsfield. 



LENGTH from 24 to 26 in. —Bill strait at the base, otherwise 

 greatly bent ; cere broad ; nostrils oblong, placed obliquely. — 

 Plumage in general brown ; crown of the head black, at the back 

 part the feathers white at the base ; quills black, the first very short, 

 the third and fifth ecjual in length, but the fourth the longest — all of 

 them banded with white on the inner webs ; tail longish, rounded, 

 black, crossed with a broad white band ; under wing coverts, belly, 

 vent, and thighs, spotted with white ; legs longish ; thighs squam- 

 mose, at the base downy ; claws rather long ; middle and hind toe 

 stout, equal in length, the outer one very short ^ the wings shorter 

 tlian the tail. 



Inhabits Java, and called Bido. 



71.— BRO^YN-BACKED EAGLE. 



SIZE of an Eagle. — Bill short and blue; cere livid; between 

 that and the eye covered with cinereous hairy feathers ; head and 

 neck ferruginous, or reddish clay-colour ; forehead and chin chocolate 

 brown ; the rest of the plumage, from chin to vent, back, and wing 

 coverts, fine chocolate brown ; on the scapulars a mixture of white in 

 patches; quills much darker than the rest; thighs and legs covered 



