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LIST OF DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



1 I find that the Harrier of the Fiji Islands (Circus approximans) is, as stated in Mr. 

 Sharpe's volume, identical with C. goiddi of Australia and New Zealand. 



In my last note in the 'Ibis,' above referred to, I mentioned that as the only Fijian 

 Harrier which I had examined was immature, I felt doubtful whether it should be 

 referred to C. gouldi or to C. wolfi ; but I have since ascertained its identity with the 

 former by the inspection of two adult males, kindly lent to me by Captain Wardlaw 

 Ramsay, which were obtained by Mr. Layard at Bua-Vanua Levu in the Fiji Islands. 



As the specific name "approximans" was applied by Peale to this Harrier in 1848, 

 it has priority over that of " ffouldi" proposed for it by Bonaparte in 1850 and adopted 

 in Mr. Sharpe's volume and also in my notes, as well as in Mr. Buller's ' Birds of New 

 Zealand.' 



2 Here figured under the incorrect name '^Circus assimilis." 

 ^ See Appendix A. 



