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ble in the upper dark brown colouring our specimen, and one of them 

 has some of the tips of the scapulars and tertiaries distinctly tipped 

 with rufous brown. The cross bars below are, however, ochreous yellow, 

 only with a slight ferruginous tint on the sides of the breast, but 

 not nearly to the extent as described in our specimen. This cannot 

 be, however, of very great importance, for the same colour is very 

 variable in A. nisus. The throat is white, and so far as the feathers 

 are preserved, they present a few dark streaks about the middle, 

 though on this point neither of the specimens is quite perfect and it 

 is only to be regretted that such valuable originals were not better 

 cared for. The measurements given by Mr. B 1 y t fa are, wing 7 J inch ; 

 tail 8J inch. The two respective specimens in the Indian Museum 

 have the wings 7} and 7f, and the tail 5} and 5j inches. Mr. B 1 y t h 

 supposed the specimens to be females, but they could with as 

 much reason be regarded as males. Still it cannot be questioned 

 that the typical specimens referred to, are remarkably small as 

 compared with usual specimens of A. nisus. I found this difference 

 especially apparent after having a short time previously procured in 

 the lower hills several specimens of the last species. The claws appear 

 remarkably strong compared with the size of the bird, and the general 

 deep brown colour is always very conspicuous, when compared with the 

 ashy hue of A. nisus ; still I think it wants further proof, until the 

 species is firmly established. 



Mr. Blyth in his Commentary (Ibis 1866, p. 239,) says, " Dr. 

 J e r d o n writes word, that A. nuoides is not rare in the interior of the 

 Himalaya," and it is not unlikely that Dr. Jer don observed it in 

 the same portion of the hills, where my specimen was procured for 

 lie visited the Sutlej valley in 1864. The species cannot be easily 

 mistaken for A. virgatus, which is comparatively very common and 

 much larger.* 



15. Aquila chrysaetos, L i n., (I. 55) is often seen about Kote- 

 gurh, and further towards east. 



A few other eagles and buzzards are not very rare in different parts of 

 the Sutlej valley; but I have not succeeded in procuring specimens of 

 either of them. The only species, which I have obtained in the be^innino- 



ofL^^lVctrrSGst" 13 " 1 -^* 5 " "*"*«** with A. M 



