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of the Peninsula of India. 



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Yarrell's British Birds; this, however, may depend on age. Another 

 slight difference from the description of the European biiSis, that the 

 nostrils are almost quite transverse, and do not point so much backward 

 as is represented both in plates and descriptions. 



10. — A. bifasciata, Gray & Hardw. — Double banded- Eagle. 



I have only seen this Eagle two or three times close to Jaulnah, but 

 have hitherto failed to procure a specimen. One was lately seen to 

 strike at a florikin. 



11. — A. Vindh'mna, Frankl. — A. punctata, Gray ? — A.fusca, Gray?— 

 A* fulvescens, Gray? — Wolchab, H. — Lesser Indian Eagle. — Mottled or 

 variable Eagle. 



I possess a living specimen of an Eagle which corresponds as nearly 

 as possible with the description by Franklin of A. Vindhiana in his cata- 

 logue ; and I also possess specimens which have so great a resemblance 

 to the three Eagles, figured as distinct in Gray and Hardwicke's Illustra- 

 tions of Indian Zoology, as to warrant a conjecture that they are one and 

 the same species. In this conjecture I am strengthened by finding that 

 such is also the opinion of Mr. Elliot. 



I shall here briefly describe some of my specimens to show their si- 

 milarity : — 1st, one resembling A. fulvescens, Gray, which I consider as 

 the youngest state of this Eagle. Head and neck of a fulvous orange co- 

 lour. Quills and greater coverts blackish brown, the latter edged with 

 pale greyish. Tail greyish brown, much barred with blackish. Rest of the 

 body of a light brownish grey, with a strong tinge of fulvous yellow 

 throughout, the feathers of the lower parts streaked in the centre with 

 darkish brown. 



A second specimen has nearly cast off the whole of the light fulvous 

 colour, which only appears on the feathers of the abdomen and under 

 tail coverts, a feather sometimes being dark brown on one side of the 

 shaft, and fulvous on the other, but specks and streaks of this yellow 

 appear in many parts, especially on the head, back of neck, and breast, 

 as in A. punctata. 



A third specimen is nearly of an uniform brown colour. In the living 

 bird, the head, throat and breast are of a very deep brown, almost black; 

 and this, though an old bird, is yet evidently not in its perfect plumage. 

 This bird varies in length from 25 (the male) to 28 or even 2d (the 



