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of the wing mottled with reddish brown and black ; tail mot- 

 tled greyish brown, crossed by seven or eight distinct bars of 

 blackish brown, the tips being lighter ; cere and bill lead- 

 colour, passing into black at the tip ; eye reddish hazel, siu'- 

 rounded by a blackish -brown eyelash ; feet lead-colour. 



Total length 21 J in.; bill If; wing 15; tail 9^; tarsi 2|. 



Very recently I have received a second specimen of the egg 

 of this species, presented to me by Mr. S. White of Adelaide, 

 who, I believe, obtained it in the interior of South Australia, 

 and which, although very similar to the one above described, 

 differs in being more extensively blotched with yellowish 

 brown and pale purple, the latter hue appearing as if beneath 

 the surface of the shell. 



Genus POLIOAETUS, Kaup. 



Sp. 3. POLIOAETUS LEUCOGASTER. 



White-bellied Sea-eagle. 



Falco leucogaster, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 13. 



White-bellied Eagle, Lath. Gen. Syu., vol. i. p. 33. 



Haliceettis leucogaster, Gould, Syn. Birds of Australia, part iii. 



sphenurus, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc, 1837, part v. p. 138, 



young. 

 [Pontoaetus) leucogaster, Kaup, Classif. der Saug. und Vog., 



p. 122. 

 Cuncuma leucogaster, List of Birds in Brit. Mus. Coll., part i. 2nd edit. 



p. 24. 



Ichthyiaetus leucogaster, Goiild, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. i. 

 pi. 3. 



I have little doubt that this noble species of Sea-eagle will 

 be found to extend its range over all those portions of the 

 Australian continent that present situations suitable to its 

 peculiar habits. It has been observed along the whole southern 

 coast, from Moreton Bay on the east to Swan River on the 



