250 FALCON1D.E. 



Accipiter velox, ' Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 186, pi. v. 

 tigs. 11-17 (1892) ; Salvin $ Godman, Biol Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. 

 p. 48 (1900). 



The eggs of the Sharp-shinned Hawk are quite similar to those 

 of A. nisus and subject to the same variations. They measure 

 from 1-38 to 1-5 in length, and from 1-12 to 1-21 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



2. North America (Buckley Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 

 4. North America (Field Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Massachusetts (Henshaw Con.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. New Jersey (A. L. Heennan). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Andover, U.S.A. ( T. M . Brewer} . Crowley Bequest. 



Accipiter cooperi 



Accipiter cooperi, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 20, pi. v. fig. 55 (1856) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 137 (1874) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. 



Amer. Birds, i. p. 192, pi. v. figs. 18-20 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 252 (1899; ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 4 (1899). 

 Nisus cooperi, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 230 (1874). 



The eggs of Cooper's Sparrow-Hawk are blunt ovals, and occa- 

 sionally have a small amount of gloss. They are plain bluish white, 

 and only one example in the series exhibits any markings, these con- 

 sisting merely of a few spots and smears of pale brown. They 

 measure from 1'87 to 2'U5 in length, and from 1'5 to 1*6 in 

 breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America (Buckley Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. North America (Field Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. New Jersey. Crowley Bequest. 



1. North Carolina (Smiths. Inst.}. Princeton University, N.J.[E.]. 



Accipiter cirrhocephalus (Vieill.}. 



Accipiter torquatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 45 (1865). 



Accipiter cirrhocephalus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 141 (1874) ; 

 North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 5, pi. ii. fig. 6 (1889) j Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 253 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 9, pi. i. (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Sparrow-Hawk are of a broad oval 

 shape and show no gloss. They are pale bluish white, some being 

 spotted and blotched with yellowish buff, while others are quite 

 plain. They measure from 1-55 to 1*62 in length, and from 1/2 to 

 1-25 in breadth. 



1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia (G. J. Crowley Bequest. 



Bostock: Tristram Coll.}. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.}. 



3. Dawson River, 5th Nov. (North Crowlev Bequest. 



' Coll.}. 



