74 TAWNY EAGLE. 
smaller than the African, and have by some naturalists 
been described as distinct species, under the name of 
A. Vindhiana. I have, however, a specimen from 
Abyssinia, as small as those from India, but this is an 
exception. ‘his Eagle seems to me to occupy a position 
intermediate between A. imperialis and A. Mursu, a 
newly-discovered small Eagle of Western Africa, named 
by M. Verreaux, after the late M. Des Murs. 
Some specimens of A. nevioides are of uniform light 
brown all over, others are much darker, but the dark 
specimens generally have part of each feather rather 
darker than the other parts, the shaft of the feather 
separating the two shades; this is especially the case in 
the feathers of the back and wings, except the quill 
feathers. I have a female alive which has been in this 
parti-coloured, or rather parti-shaded plumage for several 
years without any variation. Specimens of this bird 
killed in a wild state when near the time of moulting, 
are generally very light-coloured, as the feathers fade 
from exposure to the sun in the living bird, more than 
they do in any other kind of bird I know. It is in 
this state that Dr. Riippell calls it A. albicans. My 
living bird is very noisy, and when uttering its cry 
its throat puffs out nearly to the size of a goose’s egg.” 
An adult male in the Norwich Museum has the 
head, nape, neck, all the under parts except the tail, 
and most of the back, a tawny dirty yellow. The 
large wing coyerts are more variegated with dark brown. 
Primaries, secondaries, and tail feathers above and below, 
dark hair brown; tail on the upper surface faintly 
marked with numerous transverse bands; cere and toes 
dirty greenish yellow. ; 
The figure of the egg is from a specimen sent by 
J. H. Gurney, Esq., of Catton, Norfolk. ' 
