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FALCOIS'ID^E. 



Milvus korschun ((7m.). 



Falco ater, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Voq. tab. xlv. fig. 6, a-d (1845-54) ; 



Rree, Birds Eur. i. p. 101, pi. (1866). 



Milvus niger, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 18. fig. 2 (1855-03). 

 Milvus ater, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 184; Sounders, Ibis, 1871, p. 64; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 80, pi. 5 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds' 



p. 13, pi. 3. fig. 6(1896). 

 Milvus migrans, Anderss. Birds Damara Land, p. 21 (1872) ; Dresser, 



Birds Eur. v. p. 651 (1876); Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 5; Barnes, 



Stray Feath. ix. p. 452 (1881) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nded. p 187 



(1895). 

 Milvus korschun, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 322 (1874) : id. Hand-l. 



i. p. 268 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black Kite are perhaps, on the whole, more 

 distinctly marked than those of M. cegyptius, but they do not/ other- 

 wise differ. They measure from 1-9 to 2'32 in length, and from 

 1-6 to 1*75 in breadth. 



Andalucia, Spain, 30th April (H. 



Saunders}. 

 Andalucia, May (L. H. Irby). 



Near Seville (L. H. I.). 



Goto del Key, Seville, 1st May (H. 

 Saunders). 



Coto del Rev, 2nd May (H. S.). 



Goto del Key, 3rd May (H. S.). 



Politz, Pomerania (T. Holland). 



Politz, 9th May (T. H.}. 



Stettin (T.H.). 



Groningen, 28th April (Crowfoot 

 Coll.). 



Posen, 14th May (Crowfoot Coll.}. 



R. Volga. 



Astrakhan, May (Hencke). 



Astrakhan, May (Hencke). 



Asia Minor, 1st May (C. Gf. Dan- 

 ford). 



Chaman, Afghanistan (H. E. Barnes). 



Kef Zaroua, Algeria, 22nd April 

 (O. Salvin). 



Kef Zaroua, 23rd April (O.S.). 



Kef M'slouta, Algeria, 2nd May 

 (O. S.). 



Kef M'slouta, 2nd May (0. S.: 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Kef Boujata, Algeria, 16th April 

 (O.8.). 



Kef Boujata, 19th April (O. S.). 



Kef Maida, Algeria, 28tb April 

 (O. S.) 



Kef Maida, 28th April (O. S. : Tris- 

 tram Coll.}. 



Khifan M'sakta, Algeria, 24th April 

 (O. S.). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



