650 



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the Buzzard by having a few peculiar scratches of colour and some very small dots scattered over 

 the egg. In size those in my collection vary from 2- 4 % by If ^ to 2^ by lf§ inch. 



The specimens figured and described are an adult male and a young bird in my own 

 collection. 



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



E Mus. H. E. Dresser, 

 a, 3 ad. Near Stettin, 1861 (H. E. D.). b, 3 jun. Southern Spain {Colonel Irby). 



E Mus. Brit. Beg. 



a, ad. Great Britain, b, S ad. Caermarthenshire {Montagu), c, ad. France {Baron Laugier de Chartrouse). 

 d, S juv. Thuringia {R. B. Sharpe). 



