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possess eggs taken by Mr. Farman in Bulgaria, from the Fayoom, obtained by the late Mr. 

 Stafford Allen, and the two eggs, one of which was figured in 'The Ibis' for 1864 (plate iv. 

 fig. 1), taken on the Dashoor Pyramid on the 3rd April 1S63. Mr. Cochrane, who obtained 

 these eggs, writes (Ibis, 1864, p. 183) : — " On the 3rd of April following, on my return from a 

 fortnight's trip down the Kosetta branch of the Nile, the same Bedouin, whom I had asked 

 to look out for nests for me, brought me a fine living female (Falco lanarius) and three eggs, 

 which he had taken on the Dashoor Pyramid. The eggs were much incubated, and I unfor- 

 tunately broke one in blowing it. The Bedouin said he had taken the bird by throwing a cloth 

 over it at night, and in so doing had broken one of the eggs, which originally had been four in 

 number. These eggs much resemble those before mentioned. The bird itself was brought by 

 me to England alive, and is now in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London." 



Some of the eggs in my possession closely resemble the one figured in ' The Ibis ;' but others 

 are considerably darker and more rufous in general coloration. 



The specimens figured are the adult female above described, and an adult bird from Tangier, 

 both of which are in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. If. E. Dresser. 



a, 2 ad., b, iS juv. Tangier (Olcese). c, 2 ad. Egypt, d, 2. Tangier, April .'30th, 1872, shot off nest con- 

 taining three eggs {Colonel Irby). 



E Mus. Norn. 



a, 2 ad., b, 2 jun. (Surrey Zoological Gardens). c, d, 2 , e, 6 . Tangier (Favier). f, 6 juv. Province of 

 Constantioe, Algeria (Parzudaki) . g,h,ad. Cairo, Egypt (Parzudaki) . i, k, ad., I, juv. Sakkara, Egypt. 

 m,n,juv. Egypt, o, ad., p,juv. Nubia (Verreaux). r. Egypt (J. H. Gurney,jun.). s, ad. Mogador, 

 Morocco. 



E Mus. Lord Li/ford. 



a, b, 2- Coto del Rey, Spain, March 29th, 1873. c, 2- Tangier, April 15th, 1874 (L. H. Irby). d, e, 6 . 

 Egypt (E. C. Taylor), f. Coast of the Red Sea (E. Parzudaki). 



