242 FALCONIDJE. 



respectively: 2-07 by 1-75; 2-2 by 1-65 ; 2-13 by 1-7; 2-27 

 by 1-7. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



South Africa (E. L. Layard}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Cape Colony (E. L. L. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Cape Colony (T. A tmore: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Melierax gabar (Daud.). 



Melierax gabar, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 89 (1874) ; id. ed. Layard, 

 Birds S. Africa, p. 19 (1875-84); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 

 (1899) ; Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 248 (1899). 



The egg of the Red-faced Goshawk in the Collection is a regular 

 oval, plain white, and with no gloss. It measures 1*6 by 1*24. 



1. Cape Colony ( T. Atmore : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Genus ASTUR, Lacep. 



Astur palumbarius ( Linn.}. 



Falco palumbarius, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xliv. fig. 7, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Astur palumbarius, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 33. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 



Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 34, pi. xi. (1856) ; Sharps, Cat. 



Birds B. M. i. p. 9o (1874) : Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 587 (1875) ; 



Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 185 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 248 (1899). 



The Goshawk, Shoes, Ibis, 1880, p. 387. 

 Accipiter palumbarius, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p 142, pi. 5 (1883) ; id. 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 19, pi. 4. fig. 6 (1896). 



The eggs of the Goshawk vary from, an oval to an elliptical shape, 

 are fairly smooth, and have a small amount of gloss. They are pale 

 bluish white, and no specimen in the Collection exhibits any trace 

 of markings. They measure from 2-05 to 2-45 in length, and from 

 1-6 to 1-9 in breadth. 



1. Balmacara, Ross-shire. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Foret de Bord, Elbeuf, France, Seebohm Coll. 



5th April (Noun/: Hargitt Coll.}. 



2. Foret de Bord, 16th April (Noury : Seebohm Coll. 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Foret de Bord, 21st April (Noury: Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



2. Foret de Bord, 25th April (Noury : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Foret de Bord, 26th April (Noury : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Foret de Bord, 26th April (Noury: Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll). 



