1844,] 



of the Peninsula of India. 



157 



Length 31 £ inches ; wing 22 ; extent of do. nearly 6 feef ; 

 tail 11 ; tarsus 3| ; mid toe 3 ; bill to gape 3. 



11. Aquila Vindhiana. 



This eagle descends readily on carrion and drives away 

 the vultures. I have seen 3 or 4 caught at once by a net 

 over the carcass of a sheep. I saw a florikin struck down 

 and killed by one sometime ago. I had slipped a luggur at 

 it, and the falcon was in hot pursuit, when two of these 

 eagles suddenly pounced down from a great height in the 

 air, and pursued the florikin with much energy. One of 

 them struck it down to the ground, but was driven off by my 

 riding up. I found the florikin lying dead. The Wokhab 

 builds in lofty trees, and lays one or two eggs of a dirty white, 

 spotted chiefly at the larger end with reddish brown. 



12, tex—Nisaetus ? ? — ovivorus. — new species ? — Same as 

 No. 11 bis of the Catalogue. — Neilgherry Black Eagle. 



De$cr<— Plumage of an uniform deep blackish brown, 

 lightest beneath — upper tail coverts pale brown, barred with 

 white — tail barred with white, most conspicuously so beneath. 

 Inner web of the quills faintly barred with light * greyish. 

 Cere, gape, and feet deep yellow ; bill greenish horny, black 

 at tip ; claws black ; irides dark brown. 



Length of a female 30 J inches ; wing 23 ; tail 14 ; tarsus 

 4 ; bill at gape 2 ~ ; height at base 1 ; inner toe 1 ~ ; do. 

 claw 1 § ; centre toe 1 ~ ; claw 1 ~ ; outer toe -f 0 ; claw 9 ? 0 ; 

 hind toe 1 ^ ; claw 1 f 0 ; weight 3 lb. — Of a male —length 

 27i ; wing 22 ; tail 14 : of another — length 29 inches ; wing 

 23 ; tail 14 ; tarsus 3 ^ ; bill at gape 2 ; straight to front 1 J, 

 Extent of wings 68 ; centre toe 1 75 ; claw 1 ^ ; inner toe 

 1 1 ; claw 1 f 0 ; outer toe £ 0 ; claw £ ; hind toe 1 ~ ; claw 

 1 I ; weight 2Jlb. 



Bill bending from the base, with a well marked festoon in 



