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 32ri. Felecanus conspicillatus conspicillatus- 



PelecanuH cmigpicillutux 'IViiimiiick and Liuigier, Plan. Ijilm: il'Oh. 47 livr. vol. iii. pi. 27i'i. 1824: 

 New South Wales. 



Sj-nonyin : 

 Pelecaims auslrnli« Stephens, in Shaw's Gi'n. Znol. xiii. pt. i. p. 113. 182t) : New South Wales. 



Eastern Pelican. 



Mathews, llamlliM. No. ^.'I'i fjiars). 



Range : Qneensland, New .Soiilli Wales, Victoria, .Soutli Australia. 



;{2T. Felecanus conspicillatus westralis snlisii. n. 



Western Pelican. 



Mathews, HnwHiat Xo. 2o2 (pars). 



Differs from P. c. ronspicillatus in liavinsr a smaller wini; measnreraenr 

 (viz. 625 mm.), and smaller size generally. 



New South Wales: wing (j) 652, culmen 4G4, tarsns 126 mm. 

 West Australia: wing ( ^) 625, cnlmen 434, tarsus 124 mm. 

 Type: Perth, West Australia, No. 4071. 

 Range : West Australia. 



Order ACCIPITRIFORMES. 



Famiiv FALCOXrD.\E. 

 Genus CIRCUS. 



Circus Laci'pede Tahlean OiseuuT. p. 4. 17'.i9. 



Type (by subs, desig.) : C. aeruffinosus (Linue). 



328. Circus assimilis assimilis. 



Cirnin asximilix Jardiiie :inil .Selby. /"'". Oniilli. ser. i. viil. ii. pi. .'il. 1828: Xear Sydney, New 

 South Wales. 



Synonym : 

 C.jiiiil^iiii (xoiUd, S//iin/,^. Hiiih Aintfr. pt. iii. pi. 48. 1838 ; New Snuth W:ile9. 



Spotted Harrier. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 253 (pars). 



Range : New South Wales. 



329. Circus assimilis rogersi subsji. n. 



Lesser Spotted Harrier. 



Mathews, HandliM No. 253 (pars). 



Differs from <'. a assimilis in its much smaller size and darker coloi-ation 

 above and below, the head being almost uniformly dark-coloured : 6 wing 393, 

 culm. 30, tars. 9U mm. 



Type : North-West Australia (Fitzroy River), No. 4488. 



Range : North-West Australia. 



