302 



>'ALCON1I>JK. 



Falco lunulatus. Lath. 



Falco lunulatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 29 (1865) ; Sharpe 

 Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 398 (1874) ; North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 19 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 275 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests & 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 34, pi. iv. (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Hobby in the Collection are of a 

 pointed oval form, smooth in texture, and without gloss. One specimen 

 is cream-coloured, mottled and spotted all over with yellowish brown. 

 Two others are of a pinkish cream-colour, mottled and spotted with 

 pale rufous. They measure respectively : 1*8 by 1-32 ; 1-76 by 1-28 ; 

 1-8 by 1-28. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 8th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.}. 

 1. Table Cape, Tasmania (C. D. Crowley Bequest. 



Atkinson). 



Falco fusco-caerulescens, Vieill. 



Hypotriorchis femoralis, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 14, pi. iii. fig. 22 



(1856). 

 Falco (Rhynchofalco) femoralis, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 



iii. p. 155 (1874). 

 Falco fusco-csBrulescens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 400 (1874) ; Sd. 



fy Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 69 (1889) ; James, New List Chilian 



Birds, p. 7 (1892) ; Bendire, Ltfe-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 306, 



pi. x. figs. 9 & 10 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 275 (1899) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 9 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulfota, iv. 



p. 372 (1900). 



The eggs of the Orange-chested Hobby vary from a broad oval 

 to apyriform shape. They are smooth in texture and without gloss. 

 Two examples in the series are cream-coloured, profusely smeared 

 with two shades of brown. The others have a pale blue ground 

 and are marked at one end or the other with confluent blotches of 

 umber-brown, the other portions of the shell being very sparingly 

 spotted with the same. Nine specimens measure from 1-5 to 1*6 

 in length, and from 1-19 to 1-25 in breadth. These dimensions 

 are much smaller than those given by the American authors 

 quoted above. It is probable that Chilian birds of this species 

 are much smaller than North- American examples. 



2. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



7. Chile. Berkeley James Coll. 



Falco albigularis, Daud. 



Falco albigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 401 (1874) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml p. 9 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 275 (1899) ; von Ihering, 



Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 272 (1900). 

 Falco rufigularis, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 130 



(1874). 



The eggs of the White-throated Falcon in the Collection are of u 

 blunt oval form, smooth in texture, and with no gloss. They are of 



