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Title: The royal natural history
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 Frostick, W. B., former owner. DSI Brooks, W. T., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology Natural history
Publisher: London and New York : Frederick Warne & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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or instance, considered that the dark-coloure<l variety represented on theleft of our illustration on p. 222 w^as the immature dress, while the light individualon the right was an individual in the adult plumage. Dr. Scully, writing fromobservations made in Gilgit, states, however, that in that district the dark and lightforms are about equally counnon, tlie difterence in colour not being dependentupon sex. And he adds that he captured a nestling with white inuler-parts, thus 222 DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. effectually disposing of the theory that the dark form was the young. In the lightvariety the general colour of the upper-parts is brown, with a tinge of purpleon the scapulars, and the above-mentioned distinct white patch on the uppermostfeathers of that series. The lowest scapulars and wing-coverts have buffish wliiteborders; while the quills are blackish, the secondaries having light borders. The headand neck are fawn-colour, with streaks of dark brown, the sides of the face being
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BOOTED HAWK-EAGLE (J n,lt. size). streaked with blackish, and the frontal feathers nearly white. A slight lengthen-ing of the feathers at the back of the head gives rise to an incipient crest. Thebrown tail is tipped with dull white, and marked with several indistinct darkerbars. On the under-parts the ground-colour is buffish white, with a tinge of fawnon the throat and chest, upon which are a number of dark streaks, which disappearon the abdomen and thighs. The beak is bluish black, with a pale blue base, andthe cere and feet are yellow. In the dark variety, the plumage differs from thatof the adult by the brown colour of the under-parts, where the feathers have black EAGLES. 223 shaft-lines. The booted eagle inhabits all the countries bordering the Mediterranean,extending into Southern Africa and South-Eastern Europe, and also occurring inGilgit, India, and Ceylon. It is represented in Australia by the nearly allied. >S.Tnorphnoides. In India the species under consideration freq

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