244 FALCONID.E. 



gloss, and pale bluish white. Three specimens measure respectively : 

 1-95 by 1-5 ; 1-8 by -47 ; 1-87 by 1-5. 



1. Sikhim, 2nd May (L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



2. Maunbhoom, 1st April (JR. C. Crowley Bequest. 



Beavan}. 



Astur badius (Gm.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 1.) 



Astur badius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 109 (1874) ; Legge, Birds 



Ceylon, p. 23 (1878) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. iii. 



p. 119 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 'p. 398 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 249 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 



(1899). 

 Accipiter badius, Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) p. 273 (1895). 



The eggs of the Shikra are of a broad oval or elliptical shape, 

 smooth, almost invariably without gloss, and of a delicate pale bluish 

 white, as a rule plain, but sometimes speckled and spotted with 

 faint grey. They measure from 1-4 to 1'65 in length, and from 

 1-1 to 1*3 in breadth. 



1. India. Gould Coll. 



1. Kotegurh, Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



3. Sikhim Terai, 27th April. Hume Coll. 



4. Eastern Narra, Sind (8. Doig}. Hume Coll. 



1. Mynpuri, N.W. Prov., 26th May. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Muddehkham, 28th April. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Lucknow, 1st April. Huma Coll. 



1. Lucknow, 16th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 3rd April (W. E. Brooks}. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 10th April. Hume Coll. 



11. Allahabad, llth April. Hume Coll. 



1. Jhansi. Hume Coll. 



3. Seoni, C. Prov., 12th May. Hume Coll. 



Astur poliopsis (Hume). 



Astur poliopsis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 110 (1874) ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 121 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 249 (1899). 



The eggs of Hume's Shikra taken by Colonel Bingliam in 

 Tenasserim are somewhat lengthened ovals, very slightly glossy, and 

 plain white tinged with blue. They measure respectively: 1-65 

 by 1-2; 1-6 by 1-1 ; 1-65 by 1-23. 



3. Zinzaway, Tenasserim, 12th April Hume Coll. 

 (Col. C. T. Bingliam}. 



