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Show 396 MR. R. C. BEAVAN ON INDIAN RAPTORES. [Jlllie 11, Sykes) and Vultures. A female, killed on November 5th, had the stomach empty. I subjoin the dimensions of several:- Umballah, November 5th, 1866. Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Weight. Extent. Jfrfafa ?.28^in. 19in. 10|in. 3fin. 4|lb. - 5fin* November 13th. 25| 18£ 9? H 3^ lb. - -f Camp Eesahurree, near Umballah, November 17th. 6.25\ 18| 8^ 3£ - 63 in.-% November 30th. 31 20 11 3| 4|lb. - 6§ By this list it will be seen that specimens freshly killed vary a good deal in their dimensions, especially as regards their weight. 31. AQUILA PENNATA, Gmel. The Dwarf Eagle. I believe that this Eagle occurs at Umballah, and that I myself have seen it on more than one occasion in flight; but I did not secure any specimens, never having the opportunity; but of the next species (No. 32) I am glad to say I was able to procure both sexes myself at Simla in 1866. 32. NEOPUS MALAIENSIS, Reinh. The Black Eagle||. (Plate XXXIV.) I first observed this rare and beautiful bird when in the Darjeeling Himalayas in 1861 and 1862, and tried, although in vain, to procure specimens then for Dr. Jerdon. I was surprised, when at Simla in 1866, to find it tolerably abundant at Fagoo, where it was also noticed by Col. Tytler (cf. Ibis, 1868, p. 195). It was near that place that I procured my first specimen, a female, on 4th August, 1866. My dog Fosco had just put up a pair of Kaleege Pheasants (Gallophasis albocristatus) which had taken to a tree, and I was trying to make out their whereabouts, when a Black Eagle suddenly sailed by ; and by a long shot, with No. 8 shot, I managed, much to my delight, to wing him, and he fell down the Khud. It is truly a fine bird (cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 140), and the young peculiar in plumage (loc. cit.), if I am right in my determination of the species of this latter-a view in which, I believe, Col. Tytler concurs. Dimensions of both sexes as folloAvs :- Spread ft. Hind ™ Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, under- toe and "foe Bill ft. Grape. Ext. neath. claw. aiono* 6*. 27* in. 21fin. 12|in. 3^ in. 5in. 2|in. ljin. l|in.2in.5ft. $.28!-29 22 14| 3| 5| - - U _ _ « Irides grey. t Irides grey brown. j* irides brown. § Bill at fr. 1| in. |l Cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 14U; 1868, p. 13. |
