258 FALCOXID^. 



with pale purplish grey and pale rufous. These specimens measure 

 respectively : 2-27 by 1-87 ; 2-3 by 1-8 ; 24 by 1-9 ; 242 by 1-82. 



2. British Columbia {J. K. Lord). N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



2. N. America [Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Buteo lineatus (Gm.). 



Buteo lineatus, Breicer, N. Amer. Od. pt. i. p. 28, pi. iii. fig. 25 (1857) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i p. 191 (1874) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. 



A7ner. Birds, i. p. 219, pi. vii. figs. 1-5 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 251 i (1S99) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 5 (1899). 

 Buteo lineatus, var. lineatus, Baird, Brewer ^- Eidgic. N. Amer. Birda, 



iii. p. 275 (1874). 



The eggs of the Red-shouldered Buzzard are as varied as those of 

 the Common Buzzard {B. buteo) and cannot be separated from them. 

 They measure from 1-95 to 2-25 in length, and from 1-65 to 1-8 in 

 breadth *. 



1. N. America [Hemhaio Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. N. America {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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



2. N. America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



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



1. N. America, 3rd May. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Michigan, 28th April. Seebohiu Coll. 



Buteo latissimus ( Wlh.). 



Buteo latissimus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 193 (1874) ; Bendire, 



Life-Uist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 241, pi. vii. figs. 10-13 (1892) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 257 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 5 



(189i)). 

 Buteo pennsvlvanicus, Baird, Brewer 8f Itidgxo. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 259 



(1874). " 



The eggs of the Broad-winged Buzzard in the Collection resemble 

 those of the Common Buzzard {B. buteo) but are much smaller, 

 measuring from 1-8 to 2 in length, and from 1-45 to 1"6 iu breadth. 



2. North America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. North America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. .North America. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Penfield Hill, Portland, Connecticut. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ASTURINA, Vieill. 

 Asturina plagiata, Schl. 



Asturina nitida (nee Lath.), Owen, Ibis, 1861, p. 68. 



Asturina nitida, var. plagiata, Baird, Breicer ^ Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, 

 iii. p. 246 (1874). 



* It is possible that some of the specimens here enumerated may be referable 

 to the closely allied B. elegans. 



