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authorities have named similar specimens c/ue/itiin. Thcv sire underneath light 

 rust}' cinnamon with narrow white bars. The rufous band on the hind-neck is 

 wide and uninterrupted. The wing <ifthis bird (marked c?) measures 27t) mm., that 

 of a female from Point Cloates 310 mm. 



It is jiossible that these birds do not belong to .1. rnicutus, though it is by no 

 means certain. Mr. Rothschild thinks they must be the same, since the variation 

 oi' A. /mciatu.s (= n/ijiruiimaiis) and that tii' ton/iz/it'i.t from Timor is consideralde. 



s-V Accipiter cirrocephahis (Viiill.). 



fijitin-ius lirvucephttlus Vieillot, Nuiii-. Dirt, d'llist. Nut. x. p. 329 (1817— Australia). 



1 ? ad., Brock's (.'reek, 6. viii. lOii'i (No. R. o6(i. " Iris and feet yellow, bill 

 black." 



1 ? ad., 2 ? ? juv., 1 S juv.. South Alligator River, IT. xi. l!i()2, I'.i. x. lliOS 

 (Nos. 694, 1766, 1767, 1768). 



It is truly strange how entirely similar this An-ipiter is to Astnr Jasciatus 

 (= apjjioximans). In some cases absolutely nothing serves to distinguish a o A-'itur 

 from a ? Accipiter (adult and young), excejit the smaller bill of the latter and its 

 long thin toes. While the inner toe (without claw) in the Astur reaches much 

 beyond the first joint of the middle toe, often as far us the second one, it only 

 reaches tlie first joint in the Accipitrr. 



86. Haliaetus leucogaster (tim.). 



Fahu hinvgvjitir, Gmelin, Sysl. Nat. i. p. ■2.b^ (1788— u.k Latham. Locality uiikaown). 



cJ? ad., 6S juv., South Alligator River, October and November 19U2, June 

 and October 1U03 (Nos. 60(1, 691, 1102, 1103, 1774). 



All these siiecimens are very large. Perhaps there is a larger race of the White- 

 bellied Sea Eagle in Australia ! 



87. Haliastur Indus girrenera (Vieill.). 

 ? ad., Derby, 6. iii. 1902 (No. 1756). 



88. Haliastur sphenurus (Vieill.). 



Melvus ajjinis Gould, P. Z. S. 1837. p. 140 (Australia). 



? jnv., South Alligator River, 6. vi. 19U3 (No. 1104). 



80. Elanus axillaris (Lath.). 



FaUo iuilkms Latbani, hid. On,. Suppl. i. p. ix. (1801 ; " babitat in Nova Uullandia'). 



5 c?? ad., 3 jun.. Alligator River, September and October 1003 (Nos. 1757 to 

 1763, 1770). " Iris red, legs yellow." 



90. leracidea berigora (Vig. <fe Horsf.). 



Falco beiirjoiv Vig. & Horsf.., Tram. Linn. Sue. Lund. xv. p. 184 (1827— Australia). 



?, Nullagiue, 16. iv. lOOl (No. R. 155). Breast and abdomen cinuamon-rutbus- 

 brown. Patch in the middle of abdomen whitish with brown bars. " Iris brown, 

 legs bluish." 



