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ly pyriform. Mr. Hewitson’s figure of the marsh Harrier’s egg 
might do for the largest specimens, while his figure of the egg 
of Montague’s Harrier, exactly represents a peculiarly small 
specimen that I took in Etawah. Held up against the light, the 
shell is a sea-green, much of the same hue as that of the eggs 
of A. Fuilvescens. 
The eggs vary from 1°75 to 2°0 in length, and from 1:4 to 
1-62 in breadth, but the average of 31 eggs measured, was 1°85 
Kite: 
These birds are much attached to their nests, and hang about 
them for many days after they have been robbed, and at times will 
lay in them a second time. On the lith April, 1867, I took a 
single perfectly fresh egg, out of anest, which a few days before, 
had been cleared by Mr. Brooks. 
Mr. W. Theobald makes the following note, of this bird’s 
breeding, in the neighbourhood of Pind Dadan Khan, and 
Katas, in the Salt Range. 
“ Lays in the 2nd week of April. Eggs four only. Shape 
varies from ovate pyriform, to blunt ovate pyriform. Size, from 
1-80 to 1:93 inches in length, and 1°50 inches in breadth. Co- 
lour, pure greyish or plumbeous white. Nest, small, of twigs, 
in trees, near cultivation.” 
Mr. G. Marshall, R. E., writes from Saharunpoor. “ This 
bird breeds in May, making a small rudely constructed nest of 
twigs and sticks in the fork ofa tree about 25 feet from the 
ground, and without lining of any sort; the eggs are hatched in 
the beginning of June, they are generally three in number, but 
I have never seen more than two young ones in a nest. 
“Tn one nest I found a half-fledged young one, another dead 
with its stomach eaten away, and two live lizards, one of them 
partially eaten ; on March 27th, I noticed one of these birds com- 
mencing its nest, and another on the 7th April; the latter nest I 
took on the 10th May, and it then had 3 hard set eggs.” On 
another occasion, he says—“‘ This species is very common in 
these parts, it builds in the forks of trees, generally Sheeshum or 
Khirna, a very rude and small nest of twigs. I have noticed this 
bird pulling to pieces the nest of a pied Starling, but I imagine 
it was only to get the materials, as the nest was empty at the 
time.”’ 
