CERCHNEIS. 311 



Cerchneis rupicola {Baud.). 



(Plate XV. fig. 8.) 



Cerchneis rupicola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 420 (1874) ; id. ed. 

 Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 62 (1875-84); Butler, Feildm Sf 

 Raid, Zool. 1882, p. 165 ; Shnrpe, Rand-l. i. p. 277 (1809) ; 

 Nehrk. Kaf. Eiermmml. p. 9 (1899). 



The eggs of the South-African Kestrel appear to be inseparable 

 from those of C. tiwiunculus, but they are, on the whole, rather 

 paler. They measure from 1-47 to 1-72 in length, and from 1-2} 

 to 1'34 in breadth. 



2. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [V.\. 



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



1. Newcastle, Natal, 11th Oct. (0/;:i/. Crowley Bequest. 



Savile Beid). 



2. Cape of Good Hope, Oct. (E. L. Crowley Bequest. 



Layard; Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Griqualand (T. C. Atmore : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tratn Coll.). 



Cerchneis cenchroides ( Vi//. t^- IIor»f.). 



Tinnuuculus ceiichroides, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 35 (1865) ; 



North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 22, pi. iii. fig. 5 (1889). 

 Cerchneis cenchroides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 4.31 (1874); id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 277 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml^. 9 (1899)'; 



Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 38, pi. 5 (1901). 



The eggs of the Nankeen Kestrel are normally of a regular oval 

 shape, but sometimes they are very broad and rounded. Some are 

 dull creamy buff, heavily mottled and blotched with dingy reddish 

 brown ; others are pinkish buff, similarly marked with rather 

 brigld reddish brown. One example is heavily blotched with rufous 

 and pale lilac-grey. They measure from 1-3S to 1-01 in length, 

 and from 1-18 to 1-22 in breadth. 



4. Australia (Field Coll.). Crowlev Bequest. 



7. S. Australia (S. White). Gould Coll. 



]. Salisbury, S. Australia, 2nd Aug. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Yandembah, N.S.W., 7th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



1. Lachlan River, N.S.W. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Victoria, 27th Sept. {A. J. N'orth). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Gippslaud, Victoria. F..\.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



