Sine 
PERNIS APIVORUS. 53 
Sparrow-hawk, at other times finely sprinkled on the surface. Axis, 
ee 5 Diam. 1’! 4/’72 
Mr. Buckley writes: “The eggs vary from 1:46x1:16 inches to 
168x 1:26. The ones in my collection agree in coloration with 
those described by Mr. Hume in ‘Stray Feathers,’ (p. 25), as 
received from Mr. Blewitt, but in my specimens I do not perceive 
the pale sea-green colour of the shell referred to by him. I agree 
with Hume that the eggs figured by Bree do not appear to belong 
to this. species.” 
Adult.—Upper parts bluish grey, under parts pure white. Fore- 
head whitish, Tail white on the upper side, slightly tinged with 
grey. Hye-brows black; shoulders black. Feet bright yellow. 
Eyes carmine in adult; bright-yellow in the young bird. Length, 
12”; wing, 10” 9”; tail, 5” 6”. The young birds are more or less 
mottled with brown. 
Fig. Dresser, B. Eur. part xxxv. 
46. PERNIS APIVORUs. European Pern. 
The ‘ Honey-Buzzard,’ as it is familiarly called, can be considered 
only a rare winter visitant to South Africa, having but twice been 
obtained in Natal by Mr. Ayres, though figured by Levaillant as 
‘Le Tachard.’ It is, however, more often procured on the Gold 
Coast during the winter months, and probably does not always 
migrate to South Africa, Sir Andrew Smith procured a young 
specimen in Madagascar, which is still preserved in the British 
Museum. 
Tail with four broad and numerous small dusky bands; wings 
with two similar bands. Adult male with the anterior parts of the 
head brownish-grey, the upper parts deep-brown; the throat white, 
with longitudinal dark lines; the rest of the lower parts white, with 
broad bands and spots of brown. Female with the forehead bluish- 
grey; the upper parts deep-brown; the lower pale, yellowish red, 
with large reddish-brown spots. Length, 243”; wing, 16” 9’; 
tail, 113”. 
Fig. Gould, B. Eur. i, pl. 16. 
