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PANDIONES. 



blotches of the richest reddish brown and chocolatc-browu. These 

 are usually confluent and seldom cover less than half the surface of 

 the egg. Some specimens are smeared and blotched with yellowish 

 brown, and a certain number exhibit underlying blotches of violet- 

 grey. They measure from 2'2 to 2'6 in length, and from 1"65 to 

 1*9 in breadth. 



Pandion carolinensis, Gm. 



Pandiou carolinensis, i>'/-e«-e/', N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 53, pi. iii. figs. 33 & 



34 (1856); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 279 (1899). 

 Pandion haliaetus, var. carolinensis, Baird, Brexver 5f Ridgiu. N. Amer. 



Birds, iii. p. 184 (1874); Be?idire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 320, pi. X. tig. 17, pi. si. figs. 5-9 (1892). 

 Pandion haliaetus, pt., Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 449, part. 



(1874). 



The eggs of the American Osprey are not separable from those 

 of P. haliaetus. Examples measure from 2*2 to 2'52 in length, and 

 from 1-7 to 1*85 in breadth. 



