FALCON. 153 



75.— CAWNPORE EAGLE. 



LENGTH 27 or 28 inches ; bill large, sti'ong, black, at the 

 base pale blue ; cere yellow ; irides brown ; general colour of the 

 plumage v, holly deep chocolate brown ; quills and tail darker, both 

 plain \^ituout any markings ; the wing coverts each marlced with 

 a pale spot at the tips ; the ends of the greater coverts pale, and a 

 few solitary pale spots on the thighs ; legs covered with down to 

 the toes, which are pale yellow; claws black. 



Inhabits India ; frequents Cawnpore, met with there in Ja- 

 nuary. One similar, the same in size, had the bill, cere, and 

 irides as in the other; the general colour of the plumage paler 

 brown, but the under parts, from the breast, incline to ash-colour; 

 the nape, and neck behind, as also on the sides of the neck and 

 breast, marked with spots of white; the second wing coverts darker 

 than the lesser, margined with pale brown ; quills and tail dark, or 

 dusky black, the last without any markings; the cjuills reach to 

 w ithin an inch and a half of the end of the tail ; legs yellow. — Met 

 with at Cawnpore, in November. 



In a third, the size, bill, irides, and legs correspond with the 

 two former — general plumage fine pale tawny ash ; feathers of the 

 head and neck somewhat narrow and pointed; on each of the winy- 

 coverts a black line down the shaft ; greater wing coverts dusky, with 

 tawny ends: quills and tail very dark, or dusky black ; the upper 

 tail coverts, vent, and under parts somewhat paler than above. 



Found at Cawnpore in May ; from a comparison of the above 

 three birds with each other, they seem to be allied ; and, it is pro- 

 bable, that the first described is the adult. 



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