278 FALCONID2E. 



Butastur liventer (Tcmm.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



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

 Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 161 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 365 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 266 (1899) ; 

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



The eggs of the Rufous-winged Buzzard-Eagle resemble those of 

 B. teesa, being of a very pale bluish-white colour. One specimen, 

 however, is marked with a few grey spots at the larger end, but these 

 are probably nest-stains. Three examples measure respectively : 

 1-84 by 1-45 ; 1-8 by 1-45 : 171 by 1-41. 



1. Pegu, llth March (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, llth March (R W. O.). Gates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 31st March (E. W. O.). Seebohm Coll. 



Butastur indicus (Gm.). 



Butastur indicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 297 (1874); Tc.cz. 

 Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, pt. i. p. 69 (1891) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. 

 Ind., Birds, iii. p. 365 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 266 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Grey-faced Buzzard-Eagle in the Collection 

 is a regular oval in shape, smooth, fairly glossy, and plain white 

 with a very slight tinge of blue. It measures 2 by 1'5S. 



1. Eastern Siberia, 29th April (Dorries). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HALIAETUS, Savigny. 

 Haliaetus albicilla (Linn.). 



Falco albicilla, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. xlvii. tig. 5, a, b 

 (1845-54). 



Haliaetus albicilla, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 57. fig. 2 (1855- 

 63) ; Elwes $ Buckley, Ibis, 1870, p. 70 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. i. p. 302 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 

 iii. p. 324 (1874); Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 551 (1875) ; Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, i. p. 87, pi. 2 (1883) ; id. Birds Japan. Emp. p. 198 

 (1890) ; Tacz. Faime Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 29 (1891) ; Seebohm, 

 Eggs 'of Brit. Birds, p. 14, pi. 2. fig. 1 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 i.p 267(1899)-:? 



The eggs of the White-tailed Eagle are chiefly of a broad oval 

 shape, but sometimes they are elliptical or spheroidal. The shell 

 is coarse in texture and often possesses a considerable amount of 

 gloss. All the eggs of this Eagle in the Collection are plain white, 

 except one specimen, which is marked with spots and scrawls of 

 rufous at the larger end. Numerous examples measure from 2*7 

 to 3-3 in length, and from 2-1 to 2'45 in breadth. 



4. Greenland. Governor Holboll [C.}.. 



2. Greenland, April (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Greenland, May ( Feneker : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.}. 



