272 FALCON ID. E. 



2. Gibraltar, 10th May (X. H. /.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. South Russia, 16th May (H. Goebel). Seebohm Coll. 

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



Eutolmaetus morphnoides (Gould). 



Hieraetus morphnoides, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 11 (1865). 

 Nisaetus morphnoides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 254 (1874) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 7 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr 



Birds,Ly. 15, pi. 2 (1901). 

 Aquila morphnoides, North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 6, pi. ii. fio-. 1 



(1889). 

 Eutolmaetus morphnoides, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 262 (1899). 



The eggs of the Australian Booted Eagle are of a short elliptical 

 or spheriodal shape and without gloss. They are white, sparingly 

 spotted and blot ched with yellowish brown or dull purplish grey, 

 or a combination of both. Five examples measure respectively: 

 2-02 by 1-7; 2-2 by 1-78 ; 2-25 by 1-83; 2-2 by 1-7; 2-2 by 1*67. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Interior of Australia. Gould Coll. 



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



(North Coll.\. 

 1. South Australia (S. White}. Gould Coll. 



Genus ICTINAETUS, Jerd. 



Ictinaetus malayensis (Temm.). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 1.) 



Neopus malayensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 257 (1874) ; Leqge, 



Birds Ceylon, p. 47 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs 2nd 



B. iii. p. 145 (1890). 

 Ictinaetus malayensis, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 347 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 263 (1899) ; Buchanan, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 



Hist. Soc. xii. p. 776 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black Eagle are of a short oval or elliptical 

 shape, coarse in texture, and almost without gloss. One specimen in 

 the Collection appears to have been plain white : a second example 

 is white, mottled and spotted all over, but more densely at the 

 smaller end than elsewhere, with brownish red. They measure 

 respectively: 2-5 by 1'82 ; 2-5 by 2-03. 



1. Bussahir, Himalayas, 4th Jan. Hume Coll. 



1. Kulu, Himalayas, 7th Jan. Hume Coll. 



Genus SPIZAETUS, Vieill. 

 Spizaetus bellicosus (Daud.). 



Spizaetus bellicosus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 265 (1874) ; id. ed. 

 Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 40 (1875-84) ; id. Hand-l i. p. 263 (1899). 



The egg of the Martial Hawk-Eagle in the Collection is of a 

 broad oval shape, rough in texture, and quite devoid of any gloss. 



