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80. Fregata ariel (Gould). 



13 S ? ad., Bedout Island, May lijljl (Nos. 70 to 82). " Iris brown, legs red." 

 Nnmerons eggs were found, measuring 5U-7 x 41, 6<i x 45, 6'Z-~ x 47'7, 

 (i5 X 43-5, 60-7 x 42-7, and 70-6 x 47 mm. 



81. Pelecanus conspicillatus Temm. 



1 ?, South Alligator River, 20. ix. l'.)()3 (No. 1797). 



82. Astur novaehoUandiae (Gm). 



Falco Nofuc IIi)/luii(liae Uraelin, S/jst. Nat. i. p. 2(14 (1781 — ex Latham, " New-Hollaud White 

 Eagle." New Holland). 



2 cJJ, 2 ? ¥ , Alligator River, (J, 10, 27. x. 1003 (No.s. 1752— 1755). " Iris red, 

 legs yellow." 



1 ?, Gregory River, Nortlieru Territory, lo. vii. 1"J()2 (No. R. 554). 

 1 ? , east of Mary River, Northern Territory, 1(3. i.x. 1002 (No. 092). 



83. Astur fasciatus Vig. & Horsf. {ttpproximans anct.). 



Adurfasciatus Vig. & Horsf., Tnms. Linn. Hoc. Land. xv. p. 181. No. 4 (Australia). 

 Astur appi-o.cimuiis Vig. & Horsf., Trims. Linn. Sor. Land. xv. p. 181. No. b (Australia). 



The underside of this species is barred with browu and white, the white bars 

 being as wide or a little narrower than the brown ones, which are rufons-browu, 

 with darker edges. 



There is a great variation in size, the females alone varying in the wiug from 

 208 to 291 mm. Males are strangely rare in collections, at least adult ones. They 

 are sometimes exactly like the females, only smaller, sometimes, however, much 

 more reddish, but the dark bars of the under-surface paler, more reddish, the white 

 ones narrower. Such specimens are hardly distinguishable from females of A.itur 

 toiqaatus torqicatits from Timor, except that the bill is smaller. If they really are 

 males they can only be the males of approwimans. The males are very much 

 smaller, the wings measuring only 228 to 247 mm. Specimens from Queensland, 

 North and North-West Australia, agree fairly well with each other, though some- 

 what variable. 



A specimen shot in the " North of Victoria " is much darker browu above, and 

 the brown bars below are very broad and dark. It is possible that a series 

 shows similar diti'erences, in which case we should distinguish a darker subspecies iu 

 Victoria. 



Mr. Tuuney sent the following specimens : 



? juv., Eureka, Northern Territory, 10. i. 1903 (No. 982). 



(? ? ad., ? juv. (the adult S sexed J, but doubtless erroneously) (South) 

 Alligator River, 12. v., 17. vi., 22. ix. 1903 (Nos. 1198, 1199, 1769). 



" (? ? ad. : Iris and legs yellow. Juv. : Iris and legs yellow." 



84. Astur cruentus Gould. 



Aslur cruentus Gould, P. Z. S. 1842. p. 113 (W. Australia). 



1 " (^ " Mt. Anderson, W. Kimberley, 20. x. 1901 (No. R. 277). 



1 have named this specimen cruentus, as Sharjie, Robinson, and Australian 



