1024 ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM ROEBURNE, 



Haliaetus leucogaster, Gmelin. White-bellied Sea-eagle. 



A young ^ shot near a lagoon, May 15th. 



Mr. Saunders attached the following note to this specimen. 

 " Contents of stomach, eels. The reason I believed the contents of 

 the stomach to be eels, was because the bird's feet were covered with 

 mud when shot. The lagoon called " Marie " is a large one and 

 eels are numerous. I could not discern the heads of the eels taken 

 from stomach." 



Haliastur sphenurus, Vieillot. Whistling Eagle. 

 A single specimen of this bird, a young male. With the excep- 

 tion of the extreme south this species is universally dispersed over 

 the Continent of Australia. 



Elanus axillaris, Latham. Black-shouldered Kite. 

 An adult 9, similar in every respect to our New South Wales 

 examples. 



Hieracidea orientalis, ScJdegel. Brown Hawk. 

 A single specimen, not quite adult male, shot May 2nd at 

 Karratha Station. Similar in every respect to specimens from 

 the eastern coast. 



Tinnunculus cenchroides, Vig. & Rorsf. Nankeen Kestrel. 

 Adult specimens, ^ and 9, similar in tints of plumage and 

 admeasurements to New South Wales examples. 



Merops ornatus, Latham. Bee-eater. 

 An adult ^ specimen, shot April 29th at Karratha Station. 

 This bird is universally distributed over the whole of Australia. 



Dacelo cervina, Gould. Fawn-breasted Kingfisher. 

 Two adult specimens obtained, ^ and 9? of t^^is northern and 

 north-western form of D. leachii. In both of these species the 

 deep rich blue of the upper surface of the two central tail feathers 

 of the male will at once serve to distinguish it from the female, 

 which in striking contrast has the central tail feathers of a rich 

 brown conspicuously barred with black. 



