306 FALCONIDJ2. 



rosy-pink shell-markings, intermixed with pale reddish-brown 

 blotches and spots on a creamy-white ground ; whilst others have 

 the spots and blotches mostly confined to the larger end of the egg, 

 leaving the white under-surface exposed to view." 



Hierofalco candicans (Gm.\ 



Falco candicans, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 26. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 21 (1876) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 16, 

 pi. 3 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 4, pi. 1. fig. 2 (1896). 



Hierofalco candicans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 411 (1874) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 276 (1899). 



The eggs of the Greenland Jer-Falcon measure from 2'2o to 2*42 

 in length, and from 1*73 to 1*86 in breadth. 



2. Greenland- Gould Coll. 



3. Greenland. Govenor Holboll [C.l. 



2. Greenland (R. Mutter}. Seebohni Coll. 



1 Greenland. Crowley Bequest. 



3. North Greenland. Seebohm Coll. 



1. East Greenland (E. Smiles). Ciowley Bequest. 



Hierofalco islandus (Gm.). 



Falco islandicus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 26. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, 9 i. p. 22, pi. vii. (1856) ; Seebohm, 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 3, pi. 1. fig. 1 (1896). 

 Hierofalco islandus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 414 (1874) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 276 (1899). 

 Falco islandus, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 25 (1876). 



The eggs of the Iceland Jer-Falcon measure from 2-2 to 2-4 in 

 length, and from 1*7 to 1-93 in breadth. 



2. Iceland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Iceland. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Iceland. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Iceland ( W. Proctor). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Iceland ( W. P.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Iceland ( W. P.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Husavig, Iceland ( W. P.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Husavig (Benzori). Seebohm Coll. 



Hierofalco rnsticolus (Linn.). 



Falco (Hierofalco) gyrfalco, var. sacer, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, lii. p. 115 (1874). 

 Falco rusticolus gyrfalco, Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 146 



(1887); MacFarlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 434 (1892); 



Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 283, pi. ix. figs. 6, 8. & 



9 (1892). 

 Hierofalco rusticolus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 276 (1899). 



The egg of MacFarlane's Jer-Falcon in the Collection measures 

 2-37 by 1-74. 



1. Fort Yukon, Alaska (Strachan Jones: Sal vin-Godman Coll. 

 Henshaw Coll.). 



