429 
Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Catalogue of Accipitres. 
has the wing 17*2 and the tarsus 4*2 ; in the smallest the wing 
is 13*5 and the tarsus is 3‘3 inches. 
I have also measured eight specimens of L. horsfieldi from 
Java, Borneo, and Malacca : in the largest of these the wing 
measures 17 and the tarsus 4 ; in another specimen the wing 
measures 16‘4 and the tarsus 4‘5 ; in the smallest of the eight 
the wing is 15*4 and the tarsus 3’6 inches. 
In neither race does there appear to he any constant dif¬ 
ference in size between specimens from different localities*. 
I have been indebted to the kindness of the Marquis of 
Tweeddale for an opportunity of examining a specimen in his 
collection of the Hawk-Eagle inhabiting the Andaman Islands, 
L. andamanensis (Tytier), which appears to differ but little, 
except in its smaller dimensions, from L. caligatus as dis¬ 
tinguished from L. horsfieldi. The colour of the iris in this 
species appears to be iC reddish brown" f in some specimens, 
and ff deep yellow 99 % or “ amber 39 § in others. 
Since the publication of Mr. Sharpe's volume notices of 
this species have appeared in f The Ibis' for 1874, p. 127, 
also in f Stray Feathers ’ for 1874, p. 142, and for 1876, 
p. 280, which should be consulted for further information 
respecting it. 
I propose now to refer to a Hawk-Eagle which I believe to 
be exclusively Indian, Limnaetus cirrhatus , respecting the 
geographical distribution of which Mr. Hume has the fol¬ 
lowing remark in f Stray Feathers/ vol. iii. p. 46 :—“ It is a 
Peninsular species; and a line drawn from Aboo to Etawah, 
and thence by Shergotty to Calcutta, indicates very fairly its 
northern limits." 
Mr. Sharpe records two immature specimens from Nepal 
* Since writing the above I have received No. 1 of vol. v. of 1 Stray 
Feathers/ which contains at p. 9 an important note on Limnaetus cali¬ 
gatus, that should by all means be consulted, especially as showing the 
great rarity of the fuliginous bird (L. horsfieldi ) in India, which, con¬ 
sidering its comparative abundance in Malacca and Java, is, I think, an 
argument in favour of its specific distinctness from L. caligatus. 
t Vide Hume’s 1 Rough Notes/ vol. i. p. 205. 
X Vide ‘ Stray Feathers/ 1874, p. 142. 
§ Vide Ibis, 1874, p. 127. 
