( 250 ) 

 Milvus isurus isurus. 



Milrus iiiirus Gould, Synope. Birth Auslr. pt. iii. pi. 47. 1K:W ; New Soutli Wales. 



Siiiuirc-tailed Kite. 



Mathews, HnicHi.tt No. -JfSO (pars). 



Haiige : New South WuIcm, Qneeiishiiul. 



357. Milvus isurus westraliensis miIjsji. u. 



Western Square-tailed Kite. 

 Mathews, Uniidlist No. 2()'.l ([lars > 



Differs from .1/. /. miraa in its smaller siiie ami darker iiinier and lower 

 iMdoratiou. Wiug : S 45ft mm. 



Type: West Australia (Perth), Xn. 4480. 

 Range : West Australia. 



Genus GTPOICTINIA. 



(i Hpniiiinia Kaup, /«('». 1847. p. 114. 



Type (b)- monotypy) : <j. melanostema (Gouldj. 



3o^. Gypoictinia melanosterna melanosterna. 



Buteo melmmsternon. GouM, Proc.Zool. So,-. (LdmI.) 1.S40. p. H;-.'(1S4I) : lutfi-ior N'uw S.iulb Wales. 



Black-breasted Buzzard. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 2Tn (pars). 



Range : Interior New South Wales, South Australia. 



3.59. Gypoictinia melanosterna decepta subsp. n. 



Northern Buzzard. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 270 (pars). 



Differs from (t. m. melanoxtt'rna in lacking the black on the head and breast. 



Type : North- West Australia (Parry's Creek), No. 845. 



Range : Interior Nortliern Territory, North-West Australia. 



Genus ELANUS. 



Eliinii^ Savigny, Dcm: Egypt. Hist. iVal. vol. i. p. (lil. ISO'.i. 

 Tyjie (by monotypy) : K. i-aeralcus Desfoutaiues. 



3011. Elanus axillaris axillaris. 



Fnlm a.rillan.1 Lalliam. liiilcx Oniilh. Suj>/i/. p. ix. ISUl ; Xuw South Wales. 



Synonyms : 



Klaiiii.-< iio(nUi» Gould, %«"/«. Birds .\iclr. pt. iv. App. p. i. IHiiH ; New Soulli Wales. 



Black-shouldered Kite. 



Mathews, llandlint No. 271 (pars). 



Range : South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. 



