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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 



1 163 Square-tailed Kite, Lophoictinia isura, A. =vt. Eur. 



1 Common Kite. r. timber, plains 19 



Neck, shoulders, under reddish-orange; chest marked 

 black; head streaked black; abdomen, flanks barred 

 lighter; upper blackish-brown; square tail brownish- 

 gray; f., larger. Caterpillars, birds. 



1 164 Black-breasted Buzzard, Gypoictinia melanosternum, 



1 A. (interior). v.r. tim'ber, plains 23 

 "Fine species;" crown, face, chest, abdomen black; flanks 



chestnut; hind-neck light-brown; upper brownish-black; 

 wing-quills white base, rest black; this white patch 

 gives appearance of window in wing when flying; f., 

 larger. Animals. 



2 165* Australian Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris ^ 



5 A. Mig. r. open plains 12.5 



Upper delicate-gray; head, under white; jet black shoulder, 

 patch under wing; tail grayish-white; f., sim. Insects, 

 reptiles. 

 166 Letter-^\inged Kite, White-breasted Sparrow Hawk 

 (e), E. scriptus, E.A., S.A., W.A. 



r. plains (interior) 12.5 

 Like 165, but more black on under angle of wing gives 

 letter W when wings expanded; f., sim. Insects. 

 4 167*Black-cheeked Falcon, Falco melanogenys. A., T. 

 37 =vt. Eur. Peregrine Falcon. 



Stat. c. plains, coast, rocky 15 

 Crown, side of head black; upper-breast creamy spotted 

 black; rest of under barred black, reddish-gray; 

 upper, wings, tail dark-gray; tail barred brown, gray; 

 f., larger. Birds. 



