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he has been here guilty of, and that what he declares to be “ a 
manifest absurdity " has been much increased by his own want 
of attention. 
Respecting the Pale-chested Harrier ( Strigiceps swainsonii, 
Smith) we have no comments to olfer; and next we arrive, ac¬ 
cording to Mr. Breeds arrangement, at the Eagles. 
Of the Imperial Eagle ( Aquila mogilnik, Gmel.) we cannot 
commend the figure. The head, neck and back are represented 
of a colour far too light, and this spoils the contrast otherwise 
afforded by the snowy scapularies. 
On Bonelli's Eagle ( Aquila fasciata, Vieill.) we have no re¬ 
mark to make; and with regard to the Booted Eagle ( Aquila 
pennata, Gmel.), only to suggest that in the extract, though 
correctly quoted, from Mr. Tristram's f Catalogue of Eggs col¬ 
lected in Algeria in 1857/ that gentleman must surely have 
intended exactly the contrary to what he wrote; for in what way 
an Eagle differs from a Buzzard “ on the wing " we are at a loss 
to imagine, though, “ in repose/' the long flat head of the former 
is sufficiently unlike the short rounded one of the latter. 
The claim of the Tawny Eagle ( Aquila nrevioides, Cuv.) to be 
considered European rests at present solely upon a trophy of the 
Russian war, an example having been obtained in the Crimea by 
Captain Blakiston during its occupation by the Allied Armies. 
Now though it is extremely probable that, where such large num¬ 
bers of eagles were gathered together, this African and perhaps 
(for we cannot, without some degree of hesitation, look upon the 
Indian Aquila vindhiana of Franklin as exactly the same) Asiatic 
species should appear among them, yet it is very desirable that 
this specimen, now we believe in the Museum of the IJoyal 
Artillery Institution at Woolwich, should be examined by some 
experienced ornithologist. We understand that the species is 
extremely common in the Atlas; and therefore its occasional 
occurrence on the northern shores of the Mediterranean may 
be expected. 
We rejoice to see Pallas's Eagle ( Pontoaetus leucoryphus , Pall.) 
done justice to, as it is by our author; but it is unfortunate 
that he has not.given us a figure from a European specimen, or 
at least from one not Indian. The late Mr. H. E. Strickland's col- 
