1 6 NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



12. — BuTASTUR TEESA, Frank!. 



WHITE-EYED BUZZARD EAGLE. 



Refennce. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. i. p. 295. 



Previous Description of Eggs. — Hume : Nests and Eggs Indian Birds, 

 vol. iii. p. 158 (1890). 



Genc/raphieal Di.ifrihuiinn. — New South Wales (ax-cidental), also plains 

 of India, extending eastwai-ds to Assam, and westwards to Scinde. 



Nest. — A loose structure of twigs and sticks, very much like a Crow's, 

 and without lining (Hume). 



E(/(js. — Clutch, three usuall}', four rarely ; shape varies from ovate- 

 pyriform to blunt ovate-pyriform ; colour, pure greyish or plimibeous 

 white. Dimensions in inches van,' from 1-8 to 1'93 x 1-5 (Hume). 



Ohxervationx. — The occurrence of this Asiatic Hawk in Australia is a 

 matter of interest. Respecting it Mr. A, J. North, in the " Records of 

 the Australian Museum," vol. iii., p. 87 (1898), writes: — "Some time ago 

 Mr. Richard Grant, of Lithgow, present.ed a skin of Bvtnstur teeno to the 

 Trustees, accompanied by the following note : — ' With regard to this 

 Hawk, I shot it in a ring-barked tree near the Bowenfels Road, Lithgow. 

 I do not know the exact date, but as near as I can remember it was in 

 November, 1889. I skinned it, also some Brown Hawks that I shot the 

 same day, and partly filled the skins out and put them away. I took nO' 

 further notice of them luitil my brother returned home and drew my 

 attention to this bird's plumage.' Lithgow is situated in a valley of the 

 Blue Mountains, 3,007 feet above the level of the sea, and ninety-six 

 miles west of Sydney. B. feenn, the Wliite-eyed Buzzard Eagle, is very 

 abundant in some parts of India, which is the habitat of this species, 

 but I can find no record of its ha\'ing been obtained on any of the Islands 

 lying between India, and Australia. B. livrnfer, which occurs in Java 

 and Timor, or B. hulinif:, inhabiting Borneo, Sumatra, and the 

 Pliilippines, I should not have been so much surprised at obtaining on the 

 Australian Continent." 



13. — Haliaetus leucogastee, Gmelin. — (3) 

 WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE. 



Figtire. — Gould : Birds of Australia, fol , vol i , pi 3. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. i,. p. 307. 



Previous Descriptions of Eggs.— GovM : Birds of Australia (184R), also 

 Handbook, vol. i., p. 15 (1S65) ; Hume: Nests and Eggs Indian 

 Birds (1875), also vol. iii., p. 161 (1890) ; Legge : Birds of Ceylon, 

 p, 71 {1880), also Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, p. I2g (1S88) ; 

 North: Austn. Mus. Cat., p. 7, pi. i, fig. 2 (1889): Campbell: 

 Proc. Austn. Assoc ,vol. vi., p. 427 (1895). 



Geographical Dixfrihutinn. — Australia and Tasmania; also New 

 Guinea, Malay Arcliipelago, Western Polynesia, India, and Ceylon. 



