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FALCON. 



73— KOORUL EAGLE. 



THIS bird is 2 ft. 10 in. long — from the head to the sole of the 

 foot, 1 ft. 7 in. and to the end of the bill 3 in. Bill bine; cere pale; 

 lore the same ; plnmage in general brown, the feathers margined 

 with rnfous ; the wing coverts darker ; from the nape a broad patch 

 of black, passing beneath the eye almost to the hindhead ; chin 

 rufous white; quills and tail black, the last short; some of the larger 

 coverts and second qnills mixed with white ; legs rough, deep yellow ; 

 feathered below the knee ; claws black. 



In a second of these the feathers were wholl}^ brown, without 

 rufous margins ; the patch on the sides of the head dusky, not quite 

 black ; chin pale, but not white ; belly and vent brownish white ; 

 quills and tail dark brown. 



Inhabits India by the name of Koorul — A fine drawing of the 

 above was, among others, in Sir J. Anstruther's possession, and is 

 probably not yet described — has much the appearance of the Black- 

 Cheeked Eagle. 



74.— JERWIED EAGLE. 



THIS is a large species. Bill and claws black ; cere and toes 

 yellow; general colour of the plumage dusky black; beneath 

 darker ; some of the wing coverts marked with white at the tips ; 

 quills and tail dark, and all but the two middle feathers marked with 

 nine or ten paler coloured spots on the outer margins ; thighs and 

 legs feathered to the toes, the margins of all the feathers paler. 



Inhabits India, and there called Jenvied. 



