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omatis ; omnibus ad apicem nigris ; rostrofusco ; cerd, larsisgtie 

 Jlavis. 

 Long. tot 20 unc. ; rostri, \į ; al(B, 81 1 ; cavdcB, 8į ; tarsi, lį. 

 Hab. in Australiti. 



Obs. Tliis species, the immediate locality of which is not known, 

 ofFers the nearest appvoach to the Comraon Kitę, Milvus vulgaris, 

 that has yet been discovered ; but is readily distinguished Irom that 

 species by the sąuare form of the tail. 



Elanus notatus. ei. ocidis nigro anguste circumdatis ; fronte, 

 lateribus fuciei corporeque suhtiis cdbis ; nuchd, dorso, scapula- 

 ribus,tectricibusque caudce majoribus delicate cinereis; alis maxi- 

 mis ex partibus nigris, humeris subtus albis ; primariis suprn tn- 

 greseenti-cinereis, subtiis fusco-nigris ; caudd cinerescenti-albd ; 

 rostro nigro ; cerd pedibusque aurantiaco-Jiavis. 

 Long. tot. unc. 14; ake, 11| ; caudcB, d^; tarsi, If. 

 Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Obs. Distinguished irom Elanus melanopterus by the oval spot 

 of black on ihe under surface of the wing, whence its specific name ; 

 it also diflers from Elanus leucurus m the forni of the tail and other 

 characters. 



CiRCUS Jardinei. Mas. Circ. vertice, genis, plumisąue auricii- 

 kiribus intensė castaneis, fusco longitudinalitėr notatis ; disco 

 faseiali, nuchd, dorso superiore, jjectore necnon dorso inio, sca- 

 pularibusque, intensė cinereis, his alho Icviiėr notatis ; humeris, 

 alis subtiis, abdomine, femoribtis, crissoque, castaneis, albo per- 

 pulchrt notatis; tectricibusalarumfu^co-cineraceis, irregulariter 

 albo notatis ; secondariis cineraceis, fasciis tribusfuscis anguste 

 notatis, fascidque latd terminali ; primariis ad basin cervirds, 

 per reliquas purtės lugris ; tectricibus caudce superioribus fuscis, 

 fascius albas, apiecmąuc album ostendentibus ; caudd cincreo 

 fu^coque altcrnaibn fasciatd ; rostro nigro; pedibus Jlavis. 

 Long. tot. 19 unc. ; al<e, 16 ; caudce, 10 ; tarsi, 3f. 

 Ilah. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Syn. Circtis assimilis, Jard. and Selb. 111. Orn., vol. i. pi. 51, fe- 

 male ? 



Obs. I am induced to believe that the bird figured by Messrs. Jar- 

 dine and Selby under the name of Circus assimilis will jjrove to be 

 the female of this bird ; but as I am not quite certain, I have thought 

 it best to characterise the present bird under a new name. 



Athene? fortis. Ath.facic guldque cinei'escenti-cdbis ; vertice, 

 corporeque suprd fuscis, purpureo tinctis ; scapularibus, secon- 

 dariis tectricibusqice alce nuijoribus albo guttatis ; primariis al- 

 ternatim fusco giiseoque fasciatis ; fasciis palUdis ad mar- 

 ginėm eccternum albescentibus ; caudd fuscd lineis sex vel septem 

 cinerescentibus transversim fasciatis, apice ciuerescente ; cor- 

 pore sidjtiis brunnco alboque marmorato, hoc colore marginėm 

 plumarum omante; tarsis ad digilos vestitis, fusco cervinoqtie 



