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Total length, measured in the?flesh: — male 17 inches, 

 female 20 inches. 



The Australian Goshawk was very plentiful in the south- 

 west. It is known as the "Chicken-Hawk" among the 

 colonists. 



Dr. Hartert says that the adult male of this species is 

 strangely rare in collections. Of the three males registered 

 above one is adult and two are immature. 



Circus gouldi (Bonap.). 



Circus gouldi Math. p. 39. 



a, b. ? . Beechland, 24th-26th Jan. 



Iris dark brown, cere yellowish-buff; bill slate-black, pale 

 bluish at the base ; legs pale yellow, claws black. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 24-25 inches. 



[Gould's Harrier was plentiful in the coastal swamps and 

 marshy localities of the south-western division. — G. C. S.~\ 



Circus assimilis Jard. & Selb. 



Circus assimilis Math. p. 39. 



a. ? . Laverton, 22nd Oct. 



Iris umber-yellow, cere yellow, naked skin at the base of 

 the mandible of a light bluish-lead-colour ; bill bluish-grey, 

 shading into slaty-black at the tip ; legs pale yellow, claws 

 slaty-black. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 23'5 inches ; expanse 

 of wings 54 inches. 



[The Allied Harrier does not appear to be confined to 

 swampy situations, as it was observed in the central and 

 western divisions as well as on Bernier Island. It is 

 probably less numerous than Circus gouldi in the south- 

 western division. — G. C. #.] 



Pelecanus conspicillatus Temm. 

 Pelecanus conspicillatus Math. p. 39. 



a. Ad. Woyaline, 11th April. 



b. ? . Pelican Point, 29th March. 



Iris dark brown ; naked skin round the eye dull yellow ; 

 a spot of dull blue on the lower eyelid ; inner and outer 



