254 



Buteo ferox (S. G. Gm.}. 



Falco ferox, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. ic. fig. 17 (1845-54). 

 Buteo leucurus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 2. fig 2 (1855-63). 

 Buteo ferox, Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 255 ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 



p. 176 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 463 (1875) ; Bree, Birds 



Eur. 2nd ed'. i. p. 117, pi. (1875) ; Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 5 ; 



Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 125 (1890) ; Blanf. 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 390 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 255 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Long-legged Buzzard are not separable from those 

 of the Common Buzzard (B. buteo) described below. They measure 

 from 2-2 to 2'5 in length, and from 1-7 to 1-95 in breadth. 



4. R. Volga. Seebohm Coll. 



2. R. Volga. Seehohm Coll. 



3. R. Volga. Seebohm Coll. 

 2. R. Volga. Seebohm Coll. 



2. R. Volga. Seebohm Coll. 

 1. R. Volga. Old Collection. 



1. Sarepta, R. Volga. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Sarepta (Dr. Stader). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Smyrna, 27th March (T. Kruper}. Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Smyrna, 12th April. Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Smyrna, 16th April. Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Taurus, Asia Minor, 1st May (C. Seebohm Coll. 



G. Danford}. 



2. Taurus, Asia Minor, 7th May (C. Seebohm Coll. 

 G. D.}. 



2. Keda, Palestine, 1st May (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram}. 



1. Rabbath Ammon, Palestine, 2nd May Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. T.} 



3. Mount Cariuel, Palestine, 22ud Crowley Bequest. 



March (H. B. T.}. 



2. Bussahir, Himalayas, 1st March. Hume Coll. 



Buteo desertorum (Daud.). 



Buteo tachardus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 73. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 183. 



Falco tachardus, Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 97, pi. (1866). 

 Buteo desertorum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 179 (1874) ; Bree, Birds 



Eur. 2nd ed. i. p. 121, pi. (1875) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 457 



(1875) ; Koenig, J.f. O. 1896/p. 216, tab. vi. fig. 1 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



i. p. 255 (1899). 



The eggs of the African Buzzard are undistinguishable in colour 

 from those of B. ferox and B. buteo. Their average size is, however, 

 somewhat smaller, the length varying from 1-95 to 2-32, and the 

 breadth from 1-6 to 1-8. 



2. Dobrudscha. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Sarepta, S. Russia. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Khifan M'Sakta, Algeria, 24th April Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (O. Salvin}. 



