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tralia and preserved in the Paris Museum ; I know of no other authentic record of the 

 occurrence of this species in Australia, unless it was a bu'd of this species on which 

 Mr. Gould founded his " Astur cruenhis." 



' Mr. Gould refers this species to the genus Astur. I now consider his " Astur 

 cruenttis'" to be a synonym of Urospizias approximans, or possiblj', though less pro- 

 bably, of U. torqitatus. 



2 Messrs. Layard, in this article, express their opinion that the race of U. approximans 

 inhabiting the Loyalty Islands is subspecifically distinct; additional specimens are 

 desirable before this point can be satisfactorily decided. 



^ There figured as '^ Accipifer torquatus." 



* One of these specimens is from South-eastern New Guinea. 



* Professor Sclilegel, here and elsewhere, uses the generic term "Nisus" in preference 

 to that of " Accipiter." 



