. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . he back, and in some birds (not, I think, fully adult) the head isalmost black and the nape pale. A nestling, obtained by Mr. Brooks from the nest, has theeathers brown, without shaft-stripes, but with broad rufous-buffedges, and pale tips to the quills and tail-feathers; but, accordingto Hume, in the nestling (N. & E. p, 30) the whole plumage isrufous-brown, purer on the head, more earthy on the mantle, andpaler below, each feather with a narrow black central stripe or (Eough Notes, p. 176) says that the paler-coloured birds
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . he back, and in some birds (not, I think, fully adult) the head isalmost black and the nape pale. A nestling, obtained by Mr. Brooks from the nest, has theeathers brown, without shaft-stripes, but with broad rufous-buffedges, and pale tips to the quills and tail-feathers; but, accordingto Hume, in the nestling (N. & E. p, 30) the whole plumage isrufous-brown, purer on the head, more earthy on the mantle, andpaler below, each feather with a narrow black central stripe or (Eough Notes, p. 176) says that the paler-coloured birdsare young, and the plumage grows darker Mith age ; but Brooks(P. A. S. B. 1873, p. 174) declares that the pale plumage is thatof adult birds, and is due to fading from exposure. I am disposedto think Brooks right. Apparently there are two young plumages—one tawny, with dark shaft-stripes below and on the upper tail-coverts; the other darker brown, without shaft-stripes: but whetherthese plumages are successive or alternative it is difficult to Fig. 86.—Head of ^4. vindhiana, ^. Many specimens have the breast dark brown, and the abdomenpaler greyish brown with dark shaft-stripes. In the dark plumagemany of the feathers have pale tips ; in some cases, even infreshly-moulted adult birds, there are pale buffy terminal spots tothe nape and breast-feathers (as in Grays figure of A. punctata).In the nesthng plumage the tail appears to be unbarred, but in thenext plumage, probably after the first moult, it becomes closelybarred, the barring becoming less marked again in the adult. There are other variations still. Some birds have a brownish-rufous head, some a pale whitish one, some a black one with awhitish nape; some have particoloured feathers on the lowerbreast and abdomen. In this, as in other Eagles, the changes areprobably irregular and vary in different individuals. Cere deep yellow; irides hazel-brown; feet yellow (Jerdon).Bill pale bluish grey near the cere, tip bla
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