242 



FALCONID^. 



respectively : 2-07 by 1-75 

 by 1-7. 



1. South Africa. 



South Africa (E. L. Layard). 

 1. Cape Colony (E. L. L.: Tristram 



Coll.). 

 1. C a^e GoXowy {T . Atmore : Tristram 



Coll.). 



2-2 by 1-65 ; 2-13 by 1-7 ; 2-27 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Melierax gabar (Daud.). 



Melierax gabar, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 89 (1874) ; id. ed. Layard, 

 Birds 8. Africa, p. 19 (1875-84); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hnnd-l. i. p. 248 (1899). 



The egg of the Iled-faced Goshawk in the Collection is a regular 

 oval, plain white, and with no gloss. It measiires 1"6 by 1"24. 



Cape Colony ( T. Atmore : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ASTUR, Lacep. 



Astur palumbarius (LuiH.). 



Falco palumbariu><, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vor/. tab. xliv. fig. 7, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Astur palumbarius, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. .33. fiff. 3 (1855-63) ; 



Heicitson, Eqgs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 34, pi. xi. (1856); Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M\ i. p. 95 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 587 (1875) ; 



Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 185 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 248 (1899). 

 The Goshawk, Ehoes, Ibis, 1880, p. 387. 

 Accipiter palumbarius, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p 142. pi. 5 (1883); id. 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 19, pi. 4. fig. 6 (1896). 



The eggs of the Goshawk vary from, an oval to an elliptical shape, 

 are fairly smooth, and have a small amount of gloss. They are pale 

 bluish white, and no specimen in the Collection exhibits any trace 

 of markings. They measure from 2' 05 to 2'45 in length, and from 

 1-6 to 1-9 in breadth. 



1. Balmacara, Ross-shire. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Foret de Bord, Elbeuf, France, Seebohm Coll. 



5th April (Nourii : Hargitt Coll.). 

 2. Foret de Bord, 16th April (Noury : Seebohm Coll. 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Foret de Bord, 21st April (iVbM/;y.- Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Foret de Bord, 25th April {Noun/ : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 2. Foret de Bord, 26th April (Noury : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 .3. Foret de Bord, 26th April (A o?/rv .• Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



