ASTUR. ACCIPITEK. 24" 



Astur approximans, Viy. 

 (Plate X. fig. 7.) 



Astur approximans, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 41 (1865) ; Shurpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. li^6 (1874 j ; North, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. o (1889) ; Sharpe, Hmid-l. i. p. 251 (1899J ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Mersamml. p. 4 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 6 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Goshawk are hluut ovals and are devoid 

 of gloss. The ground-colour is creamy- white. One specimen is 

 plain ; two are sparinglj' speckled and spotted with chocolate-brown ; 

 and a fourth is streaked with pale purple and sparingly blotched with 

 pale rufous, but almost entirely at the large end. Four examples 

 measure respectively : 1"85 by 1"46 ; 1*85 by 1-45 ; 1"77 by 1-3 ; 

 1-74 by 1-36. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, March Crowley Bequest. 



{North Coll.). 

 2. Gippsland, Metoria. P. A. Pliilbrick, Esq., K.C. 



[P.]. 



Astur cruentas, Gould. 

 (Plate X, fig. 0.) 



Astur cruentus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 43 (1865) ; Sharps, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. i. p. 127 (1874) ; Campbell, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, iii. 

 p. 1, pi. i. fig 5 (1S90) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 251 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 8 (1901). 



The eggs of the West-Australian Goshawk in the Collection 

 approach the sjjheroidal form and are quite devoid of gloss. They 

 arc white, very sparingh* spotted and blotched with umber-brown. 

 They measure respectively: 1-75 by 1"45 ; l"7o by 1-4. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus ACCIPITER, Briss. 



Accipiter nisus (Linn.). 



Falco nisus. Thieii. Fortpflanz. ges. Viig. tab. slv. fig. 1, a-g (1S45-54). 



Accipiter nisus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. T'og. tab. 33. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eqgs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 35, pi. xii. (1856) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. v. p. '599 (1871); Samiders, Ibis, 1871, p. G4 ; Sharj}e, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 132 (1874) ; Seehohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 135, 

 pi. 4 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 19. pi. 4. fig. 4 (1896) ; Irbg, 

 Orn. Str. Gibi: 2nd ed. p. 18G (1895) ; Sharpe, Hajid-l. i. p. 252 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Sparrow-Hawk are usually of a broad 

 oval shape, but,many are elliptical and others spheroidal. The shell 

 is without gloss and fairly smooth. 



The ground-colour is pale bluish white, and the markings vary 



