MILVUS. 



287 



Kef Laks, Algeria, 17th May (0. f>.). 



KefLaks, 17th May (O. S.: Tris- 

 tram Coll}. 



Gala el Hamra, Algeria, 18th May 

 (O. S.: Tristram Cull.}. 



Ondonga, Ovampo-land (Andersson}. 



Salvm-Godnian Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Milvus affinis, Gould. 



Milvus affinis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 49 (1865); Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 323 (1874) ; North, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 10, pi. iv. figs. 5 & 6 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 268 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 22, pi. 2 (1901). 



The two eggs of the Australian Kite in the Collection are white, 

 very sparingly marked with pale rufous. They measure respectively : 

 2-15 by 1-63; 2-2 by 1-6. 



2. Yandembah, New South Wales 

 (A. J. North}. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Milvus govinda, SyJces. 



Milvus govinda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 325 (1874) ; Legge, Birds 



Ceylon, p. 80 (1878) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. B. iii. 



p. 173 (1890); Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iii. p. 374 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 268 (1899). 

 Milvus affinis, Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 176 (1890) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 8 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Indian Kite measure from 1-9 to 2'35 

 in length, and from 1-54 to 1-85 in breadth. 



1. Kulu, Himalayas, 12th Jan. Hume Coll. 



1. Kulu, 17th Jan. Hume Coll. 



1. Kulu, 20th Jan. Hume Coll. 



2. Kulu, 16th April. Hume Coll. 

 2 Rohtuk, near Delhi, 28th Dec. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, Punjab, 26th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Gurgaon District, 7th Jan. Hume Coll. 



2. Gurgaon Distr., 8th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 4. Gurgaon Distr., 9th Jan. Hume Coll. 



3. Gurgaon Distr., 10th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 7. Gurgaon Distr., llth Jan. Hume Coll. 



4. Gurgaon Distr., 12th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 1. Gurgaon Distr., 14th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 1. Gurhi Hursroo, 20th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 3. Bhurttoo, 20th March ( H. S. Niel). Hume Coll. 



1. Delhi, 7th April (C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 

 3. Delhi, 23rd Feb. (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Delhi, 25th Feb. (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 29th Dec. Hume Coll. 

 3. Muttra, 14th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 3. Muttra, 15th Jan. Hume Coll. 



