BFTEO. 253 



p. 172 (1874); Scf. Zool. ' Challenffer' Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 150 

 (1880) ; id. Si- Huds. Aiyent. Orn. ii. p. 62 (1889) ; James, Neiv List 

 Chiliaii Birds, p. 7 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 255 (1899) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 5 (1899). 



The eggs of the K,ed-backed Buzzard are of a broad oval or 

 elliptical shape, slightly rough, and devoid of gloss. They are 

 dtill -white, marked with rich chocolate-brown and underlying 

 ]nirplish-grey blotches, or, in many cases, with yellowish-brown and 

 pale rufous specks and spots. In some specimens the markings are 

 pretty evenly distributed over the shell, while in others they are 

 chiefly restricted to one half of the egg. They measure from 2-2 f o 

 2-4 in length, and from 1'7 to I'9 in breadth. 



Old Collection. 

 Berkeley .lames Coll. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 McCovmick Bequest. 

 Vov. H.M.S. ' Challencrer.' 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Buteo jakal {Daud.). 



(Plate XII. fig. 4.) 



Faleo jakal, Tliien. Fortpflanz. yes. ViU/. tab. xlvi. (1°:. 4 (1845-54). 

 Buteo jakal, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 173 (1874) ; id. Layard, Birds 



S. Africa, p. 26 (1875-84) ; Ne/irk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 5 (1899) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 255 (1899). 



The eggs of the Jackal Buzzard are of a broad oval or ellip- 

 tical shape, rather rough in texture and without gloss. They are 

 white, smeared, blotched, and spotted with dull reddish brown and 

 brownish pink. In one example the larger markings are chiefly on 

 the broad end, in two others on the smaller. A fourth specimen is 

 faintly and sparingly marked all over. They measure from 2* 15 to 

 2-4 in length, and from 1-8 to 1-93 in breadth. 



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



2. South Africa {E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. South Africa (£. Z. Z. ; Tristram Crowlev Bequest. 



Coll). 



Buteo augur, Rlq)p. 



Buteo augur, Ileuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 1, p. 92 (1869) ; Blauf. Gaol. 

 l!f Zool. Abyss, p. 297 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 175 

 (1899) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 255 (1899). 



The egg of the Augur Buzzard is a very broad oval, somewhat 

 Bmooth, without gloss, and dull white, spotted and smeared, more 

 densely on the smaller half than elsewhere, with pale yellowish 

 brown. It measures 2*4 by 1-8.5. 



1. .-Vhvssinia. Old Cnllection. 



