294 FALCONIDJi:. 



elliptical in shape and slightly glossy. It is cream-coloured, boldly 

 spotted and blotched with chocolate- brown. Two other examples 

 are also elliptical in shape and without gloss, but the} 7 are plain 

 white. The three eggs measure respectively : 1*75 by 1'35 ; 1'87 

 by 1-47; 2 by 1-41. 



1. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



2. Tanala, Madagascar ( W. Deans Crowley Bequest. 



Cowan). 



Baza jerdoni (Blyth). 



Baza sumatrensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 357 (1874). 

 Baza jerdoni, Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iii. p. 411 (1895) ; Sharpe. 

 Rand-l. i. p. 271 (1899). 



The sole egg of Jerdon's Cuckoo-Falcon in the Collection is very 

 nearly elliptical in shape, dull white, and without gloss. It measures 

 1-8 by 1-4. 



1 . Java *. Crowley Bequest. 



Baza subcristata (Gould). 



Baza subcristata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 56 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 392; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 357 (1874); 

 North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 15, pi. ii. fig. 5 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Rand-l i. p. 271 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests % Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 29 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Cuckoo-Falcon are of an elliptical 

 shape, without gloss, and plain bluish white ; but, according to 

 Ramsay, they are sometimes marked with light brown. Three 

 examples measure respectively : 1*63 by 1*27; 1*71 by 1*4 ; 1*77 

 by 1-42. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 29th Crowley Bequest. 



Oct. (North Coll.). 

 1. New South Wales (Allan). Gould Coll. 



Genus ICTINIA, Vieill. 



Ictinia plumbea (Gm.). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 3.) 



Ictinia plumbea, Salmn, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 158; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 

 M. i. p. 364 (1874) ; Goeldi, Ibis, 1897, p. 150 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 272 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 272 (1900). 



The egg of the Plumbeous Kite in the Collection is spheroidal 



* There is no reason to doubt the authenticity of this egg, although Baza 

 jerdoni has not, hitherto, I believe, been recorded from Java. 



