246 PALCONID.E. 



Astur cinereus (Vieill.). 



Leucospizia rayi, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. \. p. 37 (1865) ; Campbell, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 3, pi. 1. lig. 14 (1883). 



Astur cinereus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 117 (1874) ; North, Nests 

 Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 2 (1889) : Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 250 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 4 (1901). 



The sole egg of the Grey Goshawk in the Collection is of a regular 

 oval shape, with no gloss, and is of a plain bluish-white colour. It 

 measures 1*81 by 1*5. 



1. Swan River, West Australia, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(G. J. Bostock). 



Astur haplochrous (Scl.). 



Astur haplochrous, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 119 (1874) ; id. Hand-l. 



i. p. 250 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 (1899). 

 Accipiter haplochrous, Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 336. 



The eggs of the New Caledonian Goshawk are very broad, blunt 

 ovals, approaching an ellipse in shape, and are devoid of gloss. 

 They are dull white, sparingly speckled and mottled with pale 

 rufous. Two examples measure respectively: 1'63 by 1'3 ; 1*6 

 by 1-32. 



2. Moindu, New Caledonia, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. L. Layard: Tristram Coll.). 



Astur rufitorques, Peale. 

 (Plate X. fig. 4.) 



Astur rufitorques, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 121 (1874) ; id. Hand-l. 



i. p. 251 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 (1899). 

 Astur cruentus (nee Gould), Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 144. 



The eggs of the Fiji-Islands Goshawk are more or less elliptical 

 in shape and without gloss. Their colour appears to be subject 

 to much variation, but the specimens in the Collection are in most 

 cases so stained that it is difficult to discover the original colour of 

 the shell. Two specimens are undoubtedly pale bluish white. 

 Others are smeared with what appear to be blood-stains, and others 

 again are boldly blotched with rufous. Many of the examples 

 convey the impression that they were addled eggs. They measure 

 from 1-54 to 1'7 in length, and from T27 to T4 in breadth. 



2. Fiji Islands, Oct. (J. Macgillivray}. Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



1. Fiji Islands. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Ovalau, Fiji Islands, 15th Feb. Crowley Bequest, 



(E. L. Layard). 



2. Ovalau, May (E. L. L.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ovalau, 4th Nov. (E. L. L.). Crowley Bequest. 



