FALCO. 



301 



3. Bhurtpur, 30th Jan. Hume Coll. 



3. Kumaon, Himalayas, 27th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Muttra, N.W. Prov., 6th Jan. Hume Coll. 



2. Goorbehdutn, near Muttra, 24th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 8. Agra, 1st Feb. Hume Coll. 



Falco subbuteo, Linn. 



Falco subbuteo, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Voy. tab. lii. fig. 7, a-d (1845-54) ; 

 Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 26, pi. ix. fig. 1 (1856) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. vi. p. 69 (1871) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B M. i. p. 395 (1874) ; 

 Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 31, pi. 4 (1883); Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 233 ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 5, pi. 4. figs. 8 & 9 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand- 1. i. p.* 274 (1899). 



Dendrofalco subbuteo, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 33. fig. 1 (1855-63). 



The eggs of the Hobby resemble those of the Peregrine Falcon 

 in coloration. The majority are densely mottled and spotted with 

 rufous of various shades, chocolate-brown or deep blackish brown. 

 Some are deep rufous, mottled with a darker shade of the same, 

 and marked with a few black dots. On the whole the eggs are free 

 from smears and large confluent blotches, the markings being small 

 and more or less well defined, and it is seldom that they form a cap 

 at either end. They measure from 1'37 to 1'67 in length, and from 

 1-15 to 1-25 in breadth. 



Ocknell Wood, New Forest, Hants, 



July. 



South Sweden (H. W. Wheelwright}. 

 Valkenswaard, Holland, 21st May 



(H. Seebohm). 



Onderkirk, Holland, 29th May. 

 Pomerania, May (T. Kruper). 

 Pomerania (T. "Holland). 

 Stolp, Pomerania (T. H). 

 Stettin (T. H.). 

 Silesia. 



Foochow, China, 2nd June. 

 Foochow, 15th June. 

 Foochow, 20th June. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [ 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [ 



Falco gracilis, Brehm. 



Hypotriorchis subbuteo, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 290. 

 Falco subbuteo gracilis, Frlanger, J. f. O. 1898, p. 461. 

 Falco gracilis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 274 (1899). 



The eggs of the Algerian Hobby in the Collection are quite in- 

 separable from those of F. subbuteo. They are cream-coloured, 

 densely speckled and spotted with rufous, and in one specimen the 

 markings form a large cap at the broad end. Three examples 

 measure respectively : 1'63 by 1-3; 1'68 by 1'29 ; 1-52 by 1-2. 



2. Boghar Forest, Algeria, June 



(H. B. Tristram). 

 1. Ain Oosera, Algeria (H. B. T.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



