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2. The Dhoon. Hume Coll. 

 2. Hurdwar, N.W.P., 5th Dec. 



1. Banks of the Chumbul River, near Seebohm Coll. 

 Etawah, ]st Dec. ( W. E. Brooks). 



1. Rahun, Etawah, 29th Jan. Hume Coll. 



2. Jumna River, Etawah, 12th Dec. Hume Coll. 



( W. E. B.). 



1. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 9th Nov. (C. T. Bing- Hume Coll. 



ham}. 



1. Allahabad, 15th Nov. (C. T. B.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Dacca, llth Dec. Hume Coll. 

 2. Abya, Sittang River, Burma, 28th Gates Coll. 



Nov. (E. W. Oates}. 



2. Wau, near Pegu, 30th Nov. Oates Coll. 



(E. W. O.). 



1. Wau, 15th Dec. (E. W. O.}. Oates Coll. 



1. Wau, 29th Dec. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Genus THALASSOAETUS, Kaup. 

 Thalassoaetus pelagicus (Pall.}. 



Falco pelagicus, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vo'g. tab. xlvii. fig. 4 (1845-54). 

 Haliaetus pelagicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 306 (1874) ; Seebokm, 



Birds Japan. Emp. p. 199 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient. 



pt. i. p. 37 (1891). 

 Thalassoaetus pelagicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 267 (1899). 



The egg of Steller's Sea-Eagle in the Collection is of a broad 

 and somewhat pointed oval form, and plain white. The &hell is 

 slightly rough and entirely without gloss. It measures 3-2 by 2*5. 



1. Petropaulovsk, Kamtchatka, Sept. Crowley Bequest. 

 (Ivan Naga}. 



Genus HALIASTUR, Selby. 

 Haliastur Indus (Bodd.). 



Falco pondicerianus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. 1. fig. 9 (1845-54). 

 Haliastur Indus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 313 (1874) ; Legge, Birds 



Ceylon, p. 76 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs 2nd. B. iii. 



p. 170 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 372 (1895) - r 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 267 (1899). 



The eggs of the Brahminy Kite are usually of a short oval shape, 

 sometimes spheroidal and occasionally elliptical. The shell is 

 smooth and faintly glossy. Many specimens are plain white ; 

 others, the majority, are sparingly speckled and spotted, and 

 occasionally blotched, with reddish brown. They measure from. 

 1-8 to 2-25 in length, and from 1-5 to T75 in breadth. 



1 . Saharunpur District, India, 28th Hume Coll. 



Feb. (General G. F. L. Marshall). 



3. Kisnagarh, llth Feb. Hume Coll. 



2. Fvzabad. Hume Coll. 



