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larger end. The specimen taken by Mr. Cripps is greyish white, 

 sparingly spotted and blotched with pale brownish yellow and grey. 

 A third example, taken by Mr. Parker *, is reddish white, marked 

 with two or three shades of reddish brown, the blotches being 

 confluent at the large end and forming a wide cap. These three 

 specimens measure respectively : 2-5 by 1*96 ; 2-55 by 2'05 ; 2-55 

 by 1-9. 



1. Faridpur, Bengal, 1st April (/. 7?. Hume Coll. 



1. Mogra Lake, Nuddea, Bengal, 18th Crowley Bequest. 



March (J. C. Parker}. 

 1. .Thoungyin River, Tenasserim, 14th Hume Coll. 



March (C. T. Bingham}. 



Genus BUTASTUR, 

 Butastur teesa (FrankL). 



Butastur teesa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 296 (1874) ; Gates ed. 

 Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 158 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. 

 Tnd., Birds, iii. p. 362 (1895) ; Shary*, Hand-l i. p. 266 (1899) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 7 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-eyed Buzzard-Eagle are of a broad oval 

 or elliptical shape, smooth in texture, and with, occasionally, a slight 

 trace of gloss. All the specimens in the series are plain white 

 tinged with blue. The late Mr. A. Anderson, however, stated that 

 the eggs of this species are occasionally marked. They measure 

 from 1'7 to 2 in length, and from 1-4 to 1-6 in breadth. 



* The history of this specimen is recorded by Mr. Hume (Nests and Eggs 

 I lid. Birds, iii. p. 153) under the name of 8. cheela. 



