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Facial disc, hind-neck, back, chest dark-gray; crown rust- 

 red streaked black; shoulders, rest of under rich- 

 chestnut spotted white; tail barred dark-brown, gray; 

 legs long, yellow; m., smaller, duller. Lizards, mice, 

 small snakes, birds. 

 l52*Allied Harrier (Gould), Swamp-Hawk, Kahu, C. 

 goulcU, A., T., N. Cal., Norfolk Is., Lord Howe Is., 

 N.Z., Fiji =vt. Eur. Marsh-Harrier. 



Stat. v.c. sivampy 20 

 Upper, head dark-brown; facial disc indistinct brown; 

 under buffy-white streaked and tinged red-brown; 

 upper base tail white; rest tail brownish-gray; f., 

 larger. Reptiles, mice, birds. 

 5 153 Gray Goshawk (New Holland, Gray-backed), Astur 

 63 clams (cinereus), A. v.r. dense brushes 16.5 



Upper gray; throat, under white hnely barred gray; feet 

 yellow, claws black; f., larger. Reptiles, mice, birds. 

 154 White Goshawk, A. novae-hollandiae, E.A., S.A., T. 



r. timber 16.5 

 Pure white; m., much smaller. Food as 153. 

 155* Australian Goshawk, Chicken - Hawk, A. fasciatus 

 (approximans), A., T., Norfolk Is., N. Cal. =vt. 

 Eur. Goshawk. Stat. c. timber, f., 20; m., 15 



Upper dark-brown; shoulder thigh rust-red; tail dark- 

 brown barred black; throat buff; under buff barred 

 brown; t., larger. Food as 153. 

 156 Lesser Goshawk (Western, Chestnut-colored), A. 



cruentus, V. (ace), W.A., N.W.A. Stat. c. timber 17 



Back, wings, tail slaty-brown; chestnut-red, indistinct col- 

 lar; under barred brown white; chin buffy-white; f., 

 upper brown. Birds, mice, lizards. 



the carnivorous Opossum of America, the Goanna is not the 

 equivalent of the vegetarian American Iguana; the "Wild Cat" is 

 not a Cat, nor is the "Native Bear" a Bear, nor even remotely 

 related to one, nor is the Kestrel a Sparrowhawk. It is an 

 American error in popular naming, which has given us the Kes- 

 trel as the equivalent of the American Sparrowhawk, while the 

 Sparrowhawk of the rrnithologist is the equivalent of the Spar- 

 rowhawk of Britain. 



In one respect, we are unfortunate in this new land. No mass 

 of association and tradition has yet had time to crystallize about 

 our native animals and plants. Our poets have not been able to 

 sing of our birds for want of names and knowledge. Little has 

 been done beyond the giving and frequent altering of scientific 

 names, and the misapplication of names of animals and plants 

 living in other lands to often totally different animals and plants 

 here, so that confusion has reigned supreme. However, In bird 

 matters, at least, we are on a better footing, for the bird-lovers 

 have provided a common, and in most cases an appropriate, name 

 for each bird. 



