ASTUR. ACCIPITER. 247 



Astur approximans, Vig. 

 (Plate X. fig. 7.) 



Astur approximans, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 41 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 126 (1874) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 3 (1889) ; Sharps, Rand-l. i. p. 251 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 4 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 6 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Goshawk are blunt ovals and are devoid 

 of gloss. The ground-colour is creamy- white. One specimen is 

 plain ; two are sparingly speckled and spotted with chocolate-brown ; 

 and a fourth is streaked with pale purple and sparingly blotched with 

 pale rufous, but almost entirely at the large end. Eour examples 

 measure respectively : 1-85 by 1-46 ; 1-85 by 1-45 ; 1-77 by 1-3 ; 

 1-74 by 1-36. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, March Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 

 2. Gippsland, Victoria. P. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. 



[P.]. 



Astur cruentus, Gould. 

 (Plate X. fig. 6.) 



Astur cruentus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 43 (1865) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. i. p. 127 (1874) ; Campbell, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, iii. 

 p. 1, pi. i. fig 5 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 251 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 8 (1901). 



The eggs of the West-Australian Goshawk in the Collection 

 approach the spheroidal form and are quite devoid of gloss. They 

 are white, very sparingly spotted and blotched with umber-brown. 

 They measure respectively: 1'75 by 1'45 ; 1'75 by 1-4. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus ACCIPITER, Briss. 



Accipiter nisus (Linn.}. 



Falco nisus, Thien. Fortjrftanz. ges. Vog. tab. xlv. fig. 1, a-g (1845-54). 



Accipiter nisus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 33. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 35, pi. xii. (1856) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. v. p. 599 (1871) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 64 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 132 (1874) j Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 135, 

 pi. 4 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 19. pi. 4. fig. 4 (1896) ; Irby, 

 Om. Sir. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 186 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 252 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Sparrow-Hawk are usually of a broad 

 oval shape, but many are elliptical and others spheroidal. The shell 

 is without gloss and fairly smooth. 



The ground-colour is pale bluish white, and the markings vary 



