Isl CAxnARTiP.i:. — serpentakiid.t;. 



pure white, sparingly marked all over with small and well-defiued 

 spots of blackish brown, yellowish brown, and underlying pale 

 purple. Examples measure from 2-4 to 2'76 in length, and from 

 I'To to 1-96 in breadth. 



2. North America {Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Chicago {Ue7ishato Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. South Carolina (7'. M. Brewer). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Antioquia, U.S. Colombia ( 7'. A'. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salmo7i). 



1. Chile. Old Collection. 



2. Uruguay. O. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



Cathartes falklandicus {Sharpe). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 3.) 



Cathartes aura («ec Linn.), Gould, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 93 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861 , 

 p. 149; Scl. ^ Sail'. Zool. ^ Challenger^ E.rped. ii. pt. viii. p. 105 

 (1880) ; Scl. turn. cit. p. ir)0. 



Milvago australis {lapsti), Scl. Ibi-t, 1860, p. 25, pi. i. fig. 2: Abbott, tovi. 

 cit. p. 432. 



(Enops falldandica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i, p. 27 (1874). 



Cathartes falklandicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 240 (1899). 



The eggs of the Falkland-Islands Turkey-Buzzard resemble those 

 of C aura, but they appear to be more sparingly and less coarsely 

 marked. Four examples measure respectively : 2-7o by 2 ; 2-75 by 

 1-88; 2-95 by I'Oo ; 2-82 by 2. 



1. Falkland Islands (C. C. .466o«). Gould Coll. 



1. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Falkland Inlands. H.M.S. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



Order A C C I P I T R I F O R M E S . 



The eggs of the Diurnal Birds of Prey are so extremely varied in 

 shape, texture, and colour, that no general description of them is 

 possible. Some are plain white, others are spotted, and others 

 again are covered with an almost uniform wash of brilliant reddish 

 brown. 



Sub-Order SERPENTARIL 



Family SFRPENTARIIDvE. 



Genus SERPENTARIUS, Cuv. 



Serpeiitarius serpentarius (MiUer). 



Falco serpentarius, Thien. Fortpjlant. ges. Yog. tab. Iv. fig. 3, a, h 

 (1845-54). 



