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Accipiter madagascariensis, F< 



Accipiter madfigascarieusis, Hharpe, Vat. Birds B. M. i. p. 143 (1874) ; 

 Milne- Edwards ^- Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Maday., Ois. i, p. 10(j 

 (1879); Hfiarpe, Iland-l. i. p. 253 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Madagascar Sparrow-Hawk is of a short 

 elliptical form, smooth in texture, without gloss, and of a very pale 

 bluish-white colour. It measures 1'53 by 1'22. 



1. Madagascar. Crowley liequest. 



Accipiter rufiventris, Smith. 



(PlateX, fi;^. 3.) 



Acci})iter rufiventris, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 148 (1874) ; id. 

 ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 22 (187.J-84) ; id. Haml-l. i. p. 253 



(1899). 



The eggs of the African lled-breasted Sparrow-Hawk are of a broad 

 oval shape, smooth in texture, and without gloss. They are cream- 

 coloured, covered with smears and blotches of nmber-browu, which 

 are more or loss confluent and form a cap at the smaller end of the egg. 

 Two examples measure respectively : 1'45 by 1'15 ; 1"47 by 1-2. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



Accipiter virgatus (Beiaw.). 



(Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Accipiter virgatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 150 (1874) ; Legqe, 

 Birds Cei/lo?i, p. 26 (1878) ; Ontes ed. Hume, Nests S)- Eijc/s Ind.'B. 

 iii. p. 121 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 404 (1895) ; 

 Sharj^e, Iland-l. i. p. 253 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 5 (1899). 



The eggs of the Besra Sparrow-Hawk resemble those of A. nisus- 

 Three specimens are sparingly marked with inky purple and rufous ; 

 throe are boldly blotched with chocolate-brown, cither at the larger 

 or smaller end ; and a seventh is marked all over with pale purplish- 

 grey and a few darker blotches. They measure from 14 to 1*55 in 

 length, and from 1-1 to 1*2 in breadth. 



4. Mongphoo, Sikhim, 17tli May Hume Coll. 



(J. Gammie). 



3. Native Sikhim, 4tli June. Hume Coll. 



Accipiter rufotibialis, Sharpe. 



Accipiter rufotibialis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1889, p. 08; id. Hand-l. i. p. 254 

 (,1899). 



The eggs of Whitehead's Sparrow-Hawk in the Collection are of 

 a broad oval form, smooth in texture, and very slightly glossy. They 

 arc pale bluish white. One specimen is boldly blotched with rusty 

 brown round the larger end and speckled elsewhere ; the second is 



