Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 1G9 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 1:2-5 inches ; expanse 

 29 inches. 



[The White-fronted Falcon was plentiful in the inland 

 districts of the south-west. — G. C.S.~\ 



Loi'HOICTINIA ISURA Gould. 



Lophoictinin isura Math. p. 41. 



a. <J. Dale River, 19th Dec. 



Iris yellow, freckled with brown ; cere and bill varying 

 from a greyish-white to a blackish-horn-colour at the tip ; 

 legs greyish-white. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 23 inches. 



[The Square-tailed Kite was occasionally met with in tin' 

 south-west, but was not plentiful. — G. C. S.~] 



Haliastur sphenurus (Vieill.). 



Huliastur sphenurus Math. p. 41. 



a-c. cS ? iuim. Beechlands, 4th & 5th Feb. 



Iris brown ; bill of a horn-colour, darker at the tip ; cere 

 of a horn-colour; gape yellow; legs dusky white, claws of a 

 slate-colour. 



[The Whistling-Eagle appears at irregular intervals, and 

 was frequently plentiful in the south-west, where several 

 might often be seen together. It was observed on Bernier 

 Island.— G. C. #.] 



Haliaetus leucogaster (Gmel.). 



Haliaetus leucogaster Math. p. 41. 



Adult. King River. 



Bill of a dusky-slate-colour; legs greyish-white. 



[The White-bellied Sea-Eagle was not uncommon in the 

 coastal districts, and was frequently observed on Bernier 

 Island, where several pairs were breeding. This species is 

 known as the " Fish-Eagle" among the colonists. — G. C. S.~\ 



ElJTOLMAETUS MORPHNOIDES Gould. 



Eutolmaetus morplmoides Math. p. 40. 

 a. $ . Clifton Downs, 13th Oct. 



Iris hazel ; bill light bluish, blackish at the tip ; legs- 

 bluish-wbite. 



