235 
Mr. R. B. Sharpe’s Catalogue of Accipitres. 
coverts, and also on the abdomen and thighs, which closely 
resemble the corresponding feathers in the fully plumaged 
adults of A. albicans ; I have likewise noticed that adult spe¬ 
cimens of A. vindhiana often exhibit a decided tinge of rufes- 
cent fulvous on the nape of the neck and the upper part of 
the back; but in A. vindhiana , as in A. albicans , the plumage 
has so great a tendency to become bleached and worn, that 
it is only in newly assumed feathers that such details of mark¬ 
ing and coloration can be satisfactorily observed. 
I add some measurements of Eagles which I have recently 
examined belonging to the group to which I have just re¬ 
ferred :— 
Wing from 
carpal joint. 
Tarsus. 
in. 
in. 
Typical Aquila rapax : 
3 . Damara Land (Andersson) : in 
collection of Canon Tristram .... 
206 
3*4 
cJ. Natal (Ayres) : Norwich Mu¬ 
seum . 
20-6 
3-4 
cf. Ditto (ditto): ditto 
20*3 
3-5 
Presumed 3 . Snowberg, S. Africa: 
British Museum . 
20*2 
3-2 
2 . S. Africa (Sir A. Smith) : Nor¬ 
wich Museum. 
20*5 
3-6 
Presumed <3 . Senegal: British Mu¬ 
seum . 
19-5 
30 
Doubtful Specimens: 
Non-rufous specimen from S. Africa: 
British Museum: presumed 3 • • 
19-7 
2-8 
2 ■ Tangier (Favier): Norwich Mu¬ 
seum . 
22‘8 
3-5 
Presumed $. Djendeli, Eastern 
Atlas: in collection of 0. Salvin 
21*2 
3-7 
3 (Rufous). Senafe, Tigre (Blan¬ 
ford) : British Museum * ...... 
21-0 
31 
3 (Rufous). Angollala, Shoa: Brit¬ 
ish Museum. 
20-0 
30 
* Mr. Blanford gives these measurements as taken from this specimen 
(probably when freshly killed) as 203 and 3*4 ( vide 1 Geology and Zoology 
of Abyssinia/ p. 296). 
