EHYTHBOPTJS. PANDION. 31 5 



2. Europe. Old Collection. 



1. Europe. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Hungary. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Hungary (/. H. Cochrane: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.}. 



1. Hungary. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. River Volga. Gould Coll. 



2. Sarepta, S. Russia. Seebohni Coll. 

 6. Sarepta. Seebohni Coll. 



2. Sarepta. Seebohni Coll. 



5. Sarepta, 16th May. Crowley Bequest, 



1. Egypt. Old Collection. 



3. Ain Oosera, Algeria (LocJie : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



2. Ain Oosera, June (Tristram Coll.), Crowley Bequest. 



Erythropus amurensis (Radde). 



Erythropus vespertinus, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 253. 



001-0110613 amurensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 445 (1874) ; Leqge, 



Birds Ceylon, p. 119 (1878) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml, p. 10 (1899). 

 Erythropus amurensis, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. pt. 1, p. 93 



(1891) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iii. p. 424 (1895) ; Sharpe > 



Hand-l. i. p. 278 (1899). 



The egg of the Eastern Red-legged Kestrel in the Collection is 

 almost elliptical in shape, smooth, and without gloss. It is creain- 

 colour, very densely mottled and speckled with pale rufous. It 

 measures T45 by 1'19. 



1. Ussuri River, E. Siberia, 26th May Crowley Bequest. 

 (Dorries: Nehrkorn Coll.). 



Sub-Order PANDIONES, 



Genus PANDION, Savign. 



Pandion haliaetus (Linn.). 



Falco haliaetus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xlix. fig. 2. a, b (1845- 

 54). 



Pandion haliaetus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vdg. tab. 2. fig. 1 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 19, pi. vi. (1856) ; Newton, 

 Ooth. Woll pt. i. p. 58, pi. vii. figs. 1-6 (1864) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. i. p. 449 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 139 (1876) ; 

 Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 55, pi. 3 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 9, pi. 3. fig. 5 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 279 (1899). 



The eggs of the Osprey are generally of a perfectly oval form, 

 coarse in texture, and possess a very small amount of gloss. The 

 ground varies from cream-colour, sometimes tinged with yellow, to 

 pinkish buff. The markings are bold and consist of spots and huge 



