250 FALC0NIDJ3. 



Accipiter velox, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Atner. Birds, i. p. 186, pi. v. 

 tigs. 11-17 (189:2) ; Salvin ^ Godtnan, Biol. Centr.-Ainer., Aves, ii. 

 p. 48 (1900). 



The eggs of the Sharp-shinned Hawk are quite similar to those 

 of A. nisus and subject to the same variations. They measure 

 from 1*38 to 1*5 in length, and from 1-12 to 1-21 in breadth. 



North America {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



North America {Buckley Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



North America {Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Massachusetts {Henshaiv Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



New Jersey (A. L. Heerman). Crowley B.^quest. 



Andover, U.S.A. {1\ M. Brewer). Crowley Bequest. 



Accipiter cooperi ( Bj>.). 



Accipiter cooperi, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 20, pi. v. fig'. 5o (1856) ; 



Sharpie, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 137 (1874) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. 



Amer. Birds, i. p. 192, pi. v. figs. 18-20 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 2-"i2 (18y9j ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 (1899). 

 Nisus cooperi, Daird, Brewer ^ Ridcjw. N. Amer. Birds, iii.,p. 230 (1874). 



The eggs of Cooper's Sparrow-Hawk are blunt ovals, and occa- 

 sionally have a small amount of gloss. They are plain bluish white, 

 and only one example in the series exhibits any markings, these con- 

 sisting merely of a few spots and smears of pale brown. They 

 measure from 1'87 to 2-u5 in length, and from 1"5 to 1'6 in 

 breadth. 



1. North America {Smitfis. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America {Henshmv Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America {Buckley Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



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



1. New Jersey. Crowley Bequest. 



1. North Carolina (Smiths. Inst.). Princeton University, N.J. [E.]. 



Accipiter cirrhocephalus ( Vleill.). 



Accipiter torquatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 4.5 (1805). 



Accipiter cirrhocephalus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 141 (1874) ; 

 North, Nests i^ Eyys Austr. Birds, p. 5, pi. ii. fig. 6 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Hnnd-l. i. p. 253 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eyqs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 9, pi. i. (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Sparrow-Hawk are of a broad oval 

 shape and show no gloss. They are pale bluish white, some being 

 spotted and blotched with yellowish buff, while others are quite 

 plain. They measure from 1-55 to 1-62 in length, and from 1-2 to 

 1-25 in breadth. 



1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia {O. J. Crowley Bequest. 



Bostovk: Trisfra7ti Coll.). 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



{North Coll.). 



3. Dawson River, -^th Nov. {North Crowlev Bequest. 



Coll.). 



