K11YTHKO1>03. PANDION. 315 



?• j^"''°P^- Old Collection, 



o |^"''>'Pe- Salviii-Godmiui Coll. 



2. Ilungaiy. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. i-lnns^xy {J. H. Cochrane: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). "^ ^ 



1. Hungary Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. River Volga _ Gould CoU. 

 ^. barepta, &. Russia. Seebohm Coll. 

 %■ %^^^V\^- Seebohm Coll. 



2. Sareptn. Seebohm Coll. 



5. S:u-epta, 16th May. Crowlev Bequest. 

 ^ i^p-^lf ,, Old CoUection. 



^. Am Oosera, Algeria (ZorAe; Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). •' ^ 



2. Ain Oosera, June {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Erythropus ainurensis (liadde). 



Erytliropus vespertinus, Swi>i/i. Jhis, 18G], p '>53 



Cercliueis anuireusis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Ji. M. i." p. 445 (1874) ■ Leaae 

 L,rds Lei/lon, p. 119 (1878) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml.\. 10 (18U!J) ' 



hrythropus amurens.s, Tacz. Faune Orn. SibSr. Orient, i. pt. 1, p. 93 

 (ibJl) ; Llanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 424 (1895) • Shame 

 7/««rf-/. 1. p.278(1899). ^ K'-^-Ji), onaipe, 



The egg of the Eastern Ecd-legged Kestrel iu the Collection is 

 almost elliptical in shape, smooth, and without gloss. It is cream- 

 colour, very densely mottled and speckled with pale rufous It 

 measures 1-45 by 1-19. 



1. Ussuri River, E. Siberia, 26t]i .May Crowley Bequest. 

 (JJorries: Nehrkorn Coll.). 



Sub-Order PANDIONES. 



Genus PANDION, Savign. 



Paudion haliaetus (Linn.). 

 Falcojmliaetus, Thien. Fortpftanz. yes. J%. tab. xlix. fig. 2, «, 6 (1845- 

 Pandion haliaetus, Baedeker, Fier Fur. Viiq. tab. 2. fi- 1 (1855-6.'?) • 



B mY' ^449 yi8%.^'^'"- '"" l-^^'^S'^ ' -^^'-V-, f '«^. Birds 

 c' A ," ,?-.'*'^i;.(l^'.^)5 ^''esser, Birds Fur. v. p. 139 n876) • 



p. y, pi. d. tig. 6 (lb96); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 279 (1899). 



The eggs of the Osprey are generally of a perfectly oval form 

 coarse in texture, and possess a very small amount of gloss The 

 ground varies from cream-colour, sometimes tinged with yellow to 

 pinkish buff. The markings are bold and consist of spots Ind hige 



