ciKcus. 235 



It is very pale greenish white, streaked and mottled with yellowish 

 brown, except at the smaller end, which is covered by a large cap 

 of deep reddish brown, marked with blotches of a blackish colour. 

 The specimen measures 2-05 by 1'56. 



1. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Genus CIRCUS, Zwce^;. 



The eggs of the Harriers are white or bluish white, generally 

 plain, but sometimes marked. They are of a broad oval or elliptical 

 shape, and occasionally they are spheroidal. They have usually a 

 small amount of gloss. 



Circus cyaneus {Linn.). 



Falco cyaneuf, Thien. Fortpjlatiz. ges. Vog. tab. xliv. fig. 1 a, b (1845-54). 

 Strigiceps cj'aneus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 49. tig. 2 (1855-63). 

 Circus cyaneus, Bewitson, Eqqs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 47, pi. xvi. fig. ii 



(1856) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 52 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds 



Eur. T. p. 431 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 128, pi. 6 (1883) ; 



id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 17, pi. 5. tig. 2 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



i. p. 245 (1899). 



The eggs of the Hen-Harrier appear to be always of a plain 

 bluish-white colour. They measure from 1"5.5 to 2-0 in length, 

 and from 1'25 to 1-6 in breadth. 



5. Orphir, Orkney Islands, 18th May Seebohm Coll. 



[Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Orphir, 27th May {Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Orphir, 27th May {Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Orkney Islands {Hargitt Coll.). Stebohm Coll. 



3. Scotland iH. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Wick, Caithness. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Islay Island, W. Scotland. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Argyllshire {E. Netvton). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Northumberland (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Blackwater, Dorset, 24th May. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Wales (i/. >S'<7««rferts). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Holland (./. Bahcr). Salvin-Codniaii Coll. 



2. Valkenswaard, Holland, 12th Maj' Salvin-Codman Coll. 



{J. B.). 

 2. Dorpat, Baltic Provinces (-R2/s«o?(7). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. River Volga. Seebohm Coll. 



Circus hudsonius {Linn.). 



Circus hudsonifus, Breiver, A. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 42, pi. iii. figs. 31, 32, 



& 36 (1856) ; Ross, Nat. Hist. Rei\ 1862, p. 277. 

 Circus cyaneus, var. hudsonius, Baird, Brezver Sf Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 



iii. p. 214(1874). 

 Circus hudsonius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 55 (1874) ; MacFarlane, 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. xiv. p. 432 (1891); Bendire, Life-Hist. 



N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 183, pi. v. figs. 8-10 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



i. p. 245 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 3 (1899). 



