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Page 278. Add : 



Butastur rufipennis (Sundev.). 



Poliornis rufipennis, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 95 (1869). 

 Butastur rufipennis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 299 (1874) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 266 (1899). 



The eggs of the Rufous Buzzard-Eagle are of a broad oval or 

 spheroidal shape and devoid of gloss. Some specimens are plain 

 bluish white, others are bluish white sparingly speckled with rufous. 

 They measure from 1-66 to 1-97 in length, and from 1'41 to 1*47 

 in breadth. 



1. Fashoda, White Nile, 10th April. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Fashoda, 15th April. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P.I. 



3. Fashoda, 15th April. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



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Milvus aegyptius. 



2. Fashoda, White Nile, 23rd March. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P. 



2. Fashoda, 24th March. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P. 



2. Fashoda, 24th March. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P. 



2. Fashoda, 29th March. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P. 



2. Fashoda, 8th April. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P. 



Page 295. Add : 



Microhierax melanoleucus (Blyth). 



Microhierax melanoleucus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 368 (1874) ; 

 Mickttt, Ibis, 1894, p. 223 ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 273 (1899). 



An egg of the Black-and-White Falconet in the Collection is 

 of a blunt oval form, smooth in texture, devoid of gloss, and of a 

 dull yellow colour. It was probably white when freshly laid. 

 It measures 1*16 by -9. 



1. Foochow, China. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Page 299. Add : 



Falco feldeggi. 



1. Fashoda, White Nile, 23rd March. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



Page 303. Add : 



Falco ruficollis, Swains. 



Falco ruficollis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 60 (1875-84) ; 

 id. Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 404 (1874) ; id. Hand-l i. p. 275 (1899) ; 

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



