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under the pigeons than directly at them. Its mate 
watching the moment when alarmed by the first swoop 
the pigeons rise in confusion, pounces unerringly on 
one of them, and carries it off. ‘The other Eagle 
having risen again also makes another stoop, which is 
generally fatal. I have not yet been fortunate enough 
to meet with the nest of this Hawk Eagle, but it is 
said by native Shikarees to build on steep and inac- 
cessible cliffs, and to breed in January and February.” 
The figure of this egg is from a drawing sent me 
by M. Moquin-Tandon, who observes,—“This drawing 
(without shade) was given to me formerly by M. des 
Murs, from an egg in his collection; (you know the 
collection is now in America.) I do not know the 
country where this egg was taken, nor can I be an- 
swerable for its authenticity. Its size is quite in 
accordance with that of the bird, but its colouring 
does not resemble that of the Eagles.” 
Since the above we have received the following from 
M. Moquin-Tandon. “In the third number of Badeker’s 
work, just out, two figures are given of F. Bonelli,— 
pl. 17, fig. 3. These figures are the size and nearly 
of the form of the drawing I sent you, but the col- 
our is not so red, and more like that of the Royal 
Eagle.” 
There is a long series of this bird in the Norwich 
Museum, shewing the great variety in its plumage, for 
which it is remarkable. A fine adult male, probably a 
typical specimen, has the ground-colour of head, nape, 
belly, and throat white, with brown markings on the 
head and nape, and narrow longitudinal streaks of 
reddish grey on the belly. Wings variegated with 
dark and light brown, the quill feathers darker. 
An adult female from Spain, in the same collection, has 
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