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Astur brevipes, Severtz. 



Accipiter badius, Kriiper, J. f. O. 1869, p. 25. 



Accipiter brevipes, Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 633 (1871). 



Astur brevipes, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. Ill (1874) ; id. Hand-L 



i. p. 249 (1899). 

 Micronisus brevipes, JBree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. i. p. 54, pi. (1875). 



The eggs of the Levant Shikra resemble those of A. badius, but 

 are larger. They measure from 1-5 to 1'75 in length, and from 

 1-24 to 1-28 in breadth. 



1. Mt. Olympus, Greece, May ( T. Kriiper'). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Mt. Olympus, June (T. K.}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Mt. Olympus, June (T. K.}. Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Mt. Olympus, June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 '2. Mt. Olympus, 18th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Smyrna, 18th May (T.K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Smyrna, 1st June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Smyrna, 1st June (T. K.}. Crowley Coll. 



Astur soloensis (Horsf.). 



Astur soloensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 114 (1874) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 400 (1 895) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 250 (1899) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 (1899). 



The eggs of Horsfield's Goshawk are of a regular oval form and 

 without gloss. They are creamy white, sparingly speckled with 

 chocolate-brown. Two examples measure respectively : 1*5 by 1*1; 

 1-5 by 1-09. 



2. Ningpo, China, May (JR. Swinhoe * : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.}. 



Astur franciscae (Smith}. 



Astur franciscae, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 116 (1874) ; id. Hand-l. 



i. p. 250 (1899). 

 Astur francesii, var. typicus, Milne-Edwards Sf Grandidier, Hist. Nat. 



Madaa., Ois. i. p. 99, pi. 301, fig. 6 (1879). 

 Scelospizia franciscse, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 (1882). 



The egg of the Madagascar Goshawk in the Collection is a very 

 blunt, broad oval, and possesses a small amount of gloss. It is 

 dull white, marked with a few indistinct specks of yellowish brown. 

 It measures 1'45 by V15. 



1. Tamala Country, Madagascar ( W. Crowley Bequest. 

 Deans Cowan: Tristram Coll.}. 



* No reference to these eggs appears to have been made in Swinhoe's 

 published writings. 



