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THALASSOAi'TfS. HALIASTUR. 281 



2. The Dhoon. Hume Coll. 

 2. Hurdwar, N.W.P., Sth Dec. 



1. Banks of the Chumbiil River, near Seebohm Coll. 

 Etawah, 1st Dec. ( W. E. Brooks). 



1. Eahun, Etawah, 29th Jan. Hume Coll. 



2. Jumna liiver, Etawah, 12th Dec. Hume Coll. 



( W. E. B.). 



1. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 9th Nov. (C. T. Bing- Hume Coll. 



ham). 



1. Allahabad, 15th Nov. (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Dacca, 11th Dec. Hume Coll. 

 2. Abya, Sittang: River, Burma, 28th Gates Coll. 



Nov. {E. W. Oates). 



2. Wau, near Pegu, 30th Nov. Oates Coll. 



{E. W. O.). 

 1. Wau, 15th Dec. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Wau, 29th Dec. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Genus THALASSOAETUS, A'««^'- 



Thalassoaetus pelagicus (Pall.). 



Falco pelag'icus, Thien. Fortjiflmiz. ges. J'og. tab. xlvii. fig. 4 (1845-54). 

 Haliaetus pelagicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. o06 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Birds Japan. Emp. p. 199 (1890) ; Tacz. Faime Orn- Siber. Orient. 



pt. i. p. 37 (1891). 

 Thalassoaetus pelagicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 267 (1899). 



The egg of Steller's Sea-Eagle in the Collection is of a broad 

 and somewhat pointed oval form, and plain white. The shell is 

 slightly rough and entirely without gloss. It measures 3-2 by 2-5. 



1. Petropaulovsk, Kamtchatka, Sept. Crowley Bequest. 

 {Ivan Naga). 



Genus HALIASTUR, Selhy. 

 Haliastur Indus (Bodd.). 



E"alco pondicerianus, Thien. Fortpjianz. ges. Vog. tab. 1. fig. 9 (1845-54). 

 Haliastur indus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 313 (1874) ; Legge, Birds 



Ceylon, p. 76 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs In'd. B. iii. 



p. 170 (18U0) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 372 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 267 (1899). 



The eggs of the Brahminy Kite are usually of a short oval shape, 

 sometimes spheroidal and occasionally elliptical. The shell is 

 smooth and faintly glossy. Many specimens are plain white ; 

 others, the majority, are sparingly speckled and spotted, and 

 occasionally blotched, with reddish brown. They measure from 

 1-8 to 2-25 in length, and from lv5 to ITo in breadth. 



1. Saharunpur District, India, 28th Hume Coll. 



Feb. ( General G. F. L. Marshall). 



3. Kisnagarh, 11th Feb. Hume Coll. 



2. Fvzabad. Hume Coll. 



