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OF AQUILA, X5 



iiaiTow and pointed ; and many other of the body feathers tend to a 

 pointed form. 



The colour is, superficially, of an uniform very pale brown with the 

 great feathers — such as the largest scapulars, the quills, and tail feathers 

 — uniform dark purpurescent brown. Upon a closer view, however, it is 

 found that the great feathers above noted, are paled nearly to white at 

 their extremities, especially the upper extremities, and chiefly on their 

 internal surface — that in some of the secondary quills the brown and white 

 are mixed in the marble-fashion — and that in some again the dark color 

 appears in the shape of regular cross bars, particularly on the inner webs 

 of the feathers. 



The down at the roots of the feathers is every where white ; and the 

 shafts of the feathers are white near their roots ; elsewhere colored like 

 the webs. 



The greater internal wing coverts are pure white, and the tail coverts 

 (especially the internal ones) nearly so. 



The toes are yellow — the talons black — the cere and gape yellow, 

 with a slight greenish admixture — the bill blue-black, with its basal parts 

 paler and blue — irides, brown. 



This species of Eagle inhabits that part of these mountains which is 

 equally removed from the vast Himalaya on one hand, and the small hills, 

 confining the plains of India, on the other. It is often seen in the great 

 valley of Nepali, and the sole specimen I have been able to procure, was 

 obtained there. Its manners are unknown to me. 



