PALE-CHESTED HARRIER. 63 
Gurney greatly doubts whether either of these differences are constant. 
In the above description it will be seen that Temminck differs from 
Colonel Sykes, as to the brown streaks on the chest. Gould's figure 
was taken from a bird sent to him by M. Temminck. This discordance 
may probably be accounted for by the fact as stated by Temminck, 
that these marks are more or less visible according to age. 
I figure two eggs of this bird in my own collection, one from the 
Volga, and the other from South Russia. As a rule they are white, 
but frequently spotted and blotched with rufous. They do not vary 
much in size from those in the plate. 
