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Cerchneis rupicola (Daud.). 



(Plate XV. fig. 8.) 



Cerchneis rupicola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 429 (1874) ; id. ed. 

 Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 62 (1875-84); Butler, Feilden $ 

 Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 165 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 277 (1899) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 9 (1899). 



The eggs of the South-African Kestrel appear to be inseparable 

 from those of C. tinnunculus, but they are, on the whole, rather 

 paler. They measure from 1*47 to 1*72 in length, and from 1/2.3 

 to 1-34 in breadth. 



2. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.J. 



2. S. Africa (E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Newcastle, Natal, llth Oct. (Gipt. Crowley Bequest. 



Savile Reid). 



2. Cape of Good Hope, Oct. (E. L. Crowley Bequest. 



Layard; Tristram Coll.). 



1. Griqualand (T. C. Atmore : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



Cerchneis cenchroides ( Vig. $ ffortf.). 



Tinnunculus cenchroides, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 35 (1865) ; 



North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 22, pi. iii. fig. 5 (1889). 

 Cerchneis cenchroides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 431 (1874); id. 



Hand-L i. p. 277 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 9 (1899) ; 



Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 38, pi. 5 (1901). 



The eggs of the Nankeen Kestrel are normally of a regular oval 

 shape, but sometimes they are very broad and rounded. Some are 

 dull creamy buff, heavily mottled and blotched with dingy reddish 

 brown : others are pinkish buff, similarly marked with rather 

 bright reddish brown. One example is heavily blotched with rufous 

 and pale lilac-grey. The}^ measure from 1-38 to 1-61 in length, 

 and from 1-18 to 1-22 in breadth. 



4. Australia (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



7. S. Australia (S. White). Gould Coll. 



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



4. Yandembah, N.S.W., 7th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



1. Lachlan River, N.S.W. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Victoria, 27th Sept. (A. J. North). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.j 



