292 FALCONID.E. 



the commoner type of egg of E. cceruleus. Four specimens measure 

 respectively : 1-75 by 1-3 ; 1-72 by 1-25 ; 1-73 by 1-3 ; 1-5 by 1-18. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Salisbury, near Adelaide, 2nd Aug. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PERNIS, Cuv. 



Pernis apivorus (Linn.). 



Falco apivorus, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vo'g. tab. 1. fig. 7, a-e (1845-54). 

 Pernis apivorus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vo'g. tab. 57. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 40, pl.xv. (1856) : Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. i. p. 344 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 3 (1875) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 69, pi. 3 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 



p. 11, pi. 3. figs. 3 & 4 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 270 (1899). 



The eggs of the Honey-Buzzard are short ovals or ellipses and 

 occasionally almost spherical in shape. They are smooth and 

 possess a considerable amount of gloss. The ground is white or 

 cream-colour, but is in many cases almost entirely concealed by the 

 markings, which are deep reddish brown, plain brown, chocolate- 

 brown, and sometimes blackish brown. The disposition and size 

 of the markings vary much. Some specimens are blotched chiefly 

 on the larger half ; others have a broad cap at the large end, the 

 remainder of the shell being merely speckled and spotted ; others 

 again have about three-quarters of their surface covered with 

 confluent blotches and smears, and a certain number are entirely 

 covered with a deep rufous wash, more or less mottled with dark 

 brown or black. 



The eggs vary from 1-9 to 2'22 in length, and from 1-5 to 1*7 

 in breadth. 



1. England. H. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



1. England. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. New Forest (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. New Forest, 14th June. Seebohm Coll. 



1. New Forest, 16th June ( Wise). Crowley Bequest. 



2. New Forest, 24th June ( Wise). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. France. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Foret de Bord, Elbeuf, France Seebohm Coll. 

 (Noury: Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Foret de Bord, June (Noury: Har- Seebohm Coll. 



gitt Coll.). 



2. Foret de Bord, 6th June (Noury: Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Foret de Bord, 15th June (Noury : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Foret de Couche, 15th June (Noury : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Andernach, Switzerland. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Sweden (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Sweden. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



