Mr. R. B. Sharpe’s Catalogue of Accipitres. 329 
of the male of that species. These measurements (e. g. wing 
19*25 inches, tarsus 4*06) are decidedly smaller than those of 
the female above described by Mr. Brooks, and show a 
considerable difference in size between the sexes of this 
Eagle. 
The immature stage of Aquila fulvescens has, if I mistake 
not, been twice figured in the f Journal fur Ornithologie 
first in the volume for 1853, on plate 4, under the name of 
(C Aquila ncevia, var. pallida ’’ and subsequently in the volume 
for 1874, on plate 3, under that of cc Aquila boeckii the first- 
named of these representations, however, seems to me to ap¬ 
proach more nearly than the second to the tone of colouring 
that prevails in the two immature specimens of A. fulvescens 
which I have examined. If I am correct in these identifica¬ 
tions, it will follow that the western range of A. fulvescens 
sometimes extends to Europe, as the original of “ Aquila 
ncevia , var. pallida ’’ was captured near Pillau, on the coast 
of Eastern Prussia, during very stormy weather in November 
1851; and of the two specimens described under the name of 
Aquila boeckii one is said, on the authority of the late Jules 
Yerreaux, to have been obtained in Russia, the locality of the 
other being unknown. 
Respecting the three Eagles to which I have next to refer, 
so much has of late years been written that I shall have the 
less reason to dwell upon them at any great length. Their or¬ 
dinary appellation of “ Spotted Eagles ” is very applicable to 
the immature plumage of all three; but with regard to their 
specific names considerable confusion has arisen. Mr. Sharpe 
applies to the larger and most widely spread species Pallas's 
name u clang a and of the two smaller races, he designates 
the Eastern as cc hastata” of Lesson, and the Western as 
“ maculata ” of Gmelin, this last being the only name of the 
three which appears to me to be open to objection. 
Mr. Sharpe abandons the specific name of “ ncevia ” which 
by many ornithologists has been applied indiscriminately to 
both the Spotted Eagles found in Europe, and by others 
to the lesser species only, and, in so doing, follows the 
course suggested by Mr. Dresser in the f Annals and 
