26 IIai.l, Birds from Toivnsend River, N .W . Australia. L,.t'"j'i'iiy 



Haliastuk (iiKRENKRA (Vieillot), White-headcd Sea-Eagle. 



Adult male, 16/8/02. 

 HiERACIDE.v liEKlGORA (Vigors and Horsfield), Striped Brown 

 Hawk. 



Adult male, 8/8/02. 

 Cerchneis cenchroides (Vigors and Horsfield), Kestrel. 



Seven distinct crossbars on tail. • 



Syncecus australis (Temminck), Brown Quail. 



a. Adult male, 8/9/02. d, c, d, e. Adult females, 31/7, 4/8, 

 29/8, 8/9/02. 

 TURNIX castanonota (Gould), Chestnut-backed Quail. 



Two adult males, 3/8, 4/8/02. 

 Helodromas OCHROPUS (Linn.xus), Green Sandpiper. 



Adult female, 3/8/02. 



EULABEORNIS CASTANElVENTRis (Gould), Chestnut-bellied 

 Rail. 

 Adult female, 22/4/02. Primary coverts, quills, and tail 

 scarcely differentiated in colour from the upper wing coverts 

 and back. Middle toe and claw, 1.9 inches ; tarsus, 2.2 inches. 

 This is interesting, as R. Bowdler Sharpe's " Hand-List " says 

 doubtful to Australia. 



Nettorus pulchellus (Gould), Green Goose-Teal. 



Adult male, 8/9/02. 

 Hydralector (sp.) .? Jacana. 



Unsexed, 6/8/02. Under surface white ; pale narrow band of 

 orange across chest ; iris nearly grey on outer edge and grading 

 into smoky-brown on inner ; bill, tip and culmen pale brown, 

 balance pale yellow ; eyelids bluish ; legs pale greenish ; feet 

 grey (Rogers). Total length, tip of bill to tip of tail, 7.5 inches ; 

 wing, 4.5 inches; bill and lappet, 1.25 inches; tarsus, 1.85 

 inches ; middle toe and claw, 2.5 inches ; tail, 1.6 inches. 



Dupetor gouldi (?), Yellow-necked Mangrove-Bittern. 



Male skin. Culmen, 2.9 inches ; tarsus, 2.35 inches. Bill 

 rather slender. No grey on upper surface (blackish-brown) : no 

 special gloss on upper surface ; wing coverts edged with brown ; 

 row of feathers down throat brown in addition to black. 



Geopelia smtthi (Jardine and Selby), Naked-eyed Partridge- 

 Pigeon. 



a, /;, c. Three males, 2/8, 24/8, 8/9/02. 

 Ocvpiiaps lophotes (Temminck), Crested-Pigeon. 

 Male, 21/4/02. 



