244 FALCONID^. 



gloss, and pale bluish white. Three specimens measure respectively : 

 1-95 by 1-5 ; 1-8 by -47 : 1-87 by 1-5. 



1. Sikhim, 2nd May (i. MandelU). Hume Coll. 



2. Maunbhoom, 1st April (R. C. Crowley Bequest. 



Beavan). 



Astur badius (^Gm.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 1.) 



Astur badius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 109 (1874) ; Legge, Birds 



Ceylon, p. 23 (1878) ; Gates ed. Hume, Kests l<f Eggs Ind. B. iii. 



p. 119 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 398 (1895) ; 



Sharjje, Hand-l. i. p. 249 (1899) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 4 



(1899). 

 Accipiter badius, Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. [Suppl.) p. 273 (1895). 



The eggs of the Shikra are of a broad oval or elliptical shape, 

 smooth, almost invariably without gloss, and of a delicate pale bluish 

 white, as a rule plain, but sometimes speckled and spotted with 

 faint grey. They measure from 1-4 to 1-65 in length, and from 

 1*1 to 1'3 in breadth. 



1. India. Hould Coll. 



1. Kotegurh, Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



3. Sikhim Terai, 27tii April. Hume Coll. 



4. Eastern Narra, Sind (S. Doig). Hume Coll. 



1. Mynpuri, N.W. Prov., 26th May. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Muddehldiam, 28th April. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Luckiiow, 1st April. Hume Coll. 



1. LuekuoAv, 16th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 3rd April ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 10th April. Hume Coll. 



11. Allahabad, nth April. Hume Coll. 



1. Jhansi. Hume Coll. 



3. Seoni, C. Prov., 12th May. Hume Coll. 



Astur poliopsis (Jtlnme). 



Astur poliopsis, Shaipe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 110 (1874) ; Oates ed. 

 mime, Nests S, Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 121 (1890) ; Sharpe, Ha?id-l. i. 

 p. 249 (1899). 



The eggs of Hume's Shikra taken by Colonel Bingham in 

 Tenasserim are somewhat lengthened ovals, very slightly glossy, and 

 plain white tinged with blue. Thev measure respectively : 1-65 

 by 1-2; 1-6 by 1-1 ; 1-65 by 1-23. 



3. Zinzaway, Tenasserim, 12th April Hume Coll. 

 {Col. C. T. Bingham). 



