4 NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIKDS. 



3. — AsTUR ciNEREUs, Vicillot. (14) 



GREY GOSHAWK. 



Figure. — Gould : Birds of Australia, fol., vol. i., pi. 14. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. i., p. 117. 



Previous Descriptions o/E»'?s.— Campbell : Nests and EggsAiistn. Birds, 



p. 3, pi. I. fig. 14 (1S83), also Proc. Austn. Assoc, vol. vi.,p. 419 



(1895) ; North : Austn. Mus. Cat., p. 2 (1889). 



Geographical Distribution. — Australia in general. 



Nest. — Stick-made structure, lined with leaves, usually gioen, and 

 placed in a lofty tree. 



Epgs. — Clutch, two to three ; oval in shape ; shell slightly rough, with 

 siu-face almost lustreless ; colour, white, with a perceptible bluish or greenish 

 tinge, sparingly marked with a few smudges and other smaller marldngs 

 of reddish-brown. The mai'kings may be easily removed by moisture. 

 Dimensions in inches of a clutch : (l)'2-02 x 1-51, (2) 2-01 x 1-51. 



Ohseri'dtioinf. — Our knowledge of the breeding habits of this beautiful 

 Goshawk is not very extensive, nor are its eggs found in many collections. 

 Those I first described (now red escribed above) were taken (1880) by a 

 son of my deceased friend, the enthusiastic collector Mr. H. A. Smith, 

 of Batesford, near Geolong. 



Mr. A. J. North informs us that "the nest of A. riiiereiis (the large 

 Continental fonn of the AVhite Goshawk) is an open structure, composed 

 of thin sticks and lined with twigs and leaves. One found near the Cape 

 Otway Forest, Victoria, was placed in the topmost boughs of a 

 lofty eucalyptus, and contained two eggs ; in form nearly oval ; slightly 

 swollen at one end; of a dull, bluish-white, smeared and blotched with 

 faded marldngs of reddish and reddish -brown, particularly towards the 

 larger end. and which, were it not for the size, might be easily mistaken 

 for those of A. approriwnns, wlrich they greatly resemble." 



4. — AsTUR Nov^ H0LLANni.s:, Gmelin. — (15) 

 WHITE GOSHAWK. 



Figure.— OoaM: Birds of Australia, fol., vol i. pi. 15 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. i., p 118. 



Previous Descriptions of E»'o's. ^Campbell : Victorian Naturalist (1888), 

 also Proc. Austn. Assoc, vol. vi. p. 419 (1895) 



Geographical Di.?frilmfinn. — Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, 

 South Australia, and Tasmania. 



Nest. — Somewhat flat, constructed of fine sticks broken from the 

 extremity of dry branches, and hned inside with green eucalyptus leaves. 



Eggs. — Clutch, two to four ; roundish oval in shape ; texture of shell 

 coarse; surface soft and almost lustreless; colour, bluish-wliite, with a 



