10 ACCIPITEES. 



Astur Albus, Jard and Selby, III. Orn. vol. i, p. 1, pi. i. 

 Dajdalion candidum, Less. Traiti d' Orn. , p. 66 (1831). 

 Falco leucaetus, Forster, Descr. An., p, 70 (1844). 



Leucospiza novse-hollandifE, Kmip, Classif. Sdiuj u. Voij., p. 119 (1844); 

 id. Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 67 ; Gould, Handhk. Bds. Austr., vol. i, p. 

 38, sp. 15 (1865); Rammy, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1875, p. 578; Masters, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W., vol. i, p. 45 (1876), Cape York. 



Leucospizias novae-hollandije, Gurney, Ibis, 1875, p. 365 ; id. Diurn. 

 Bds. Prey, p. 33 (1884); Chirney, jtin., Cat. Eds. /"?•«/, p 20 (1894). 



Adult male. The whole of the plumage is of a pure white ; 

 cere and legs, base of bill and eyelids, yellow ; bill and claws 

 black ; iris carmine. Length IG'5 inches, wing 10'3, tail 7*5, 

 tarsus 2-85, bill I'l, culmen 1-3, hind toe I', middle toe 1"7. 



Adult female. Pure white as in the male, but much larger. 

 Total length from IS'o inches to 20-2, wing 12 to 12-2, tail 9-2 

 to 9'5, bill 1"3, culmen I'S, tarsus 1'2 to 1*3. 



Young. Upper surface ashy-brown, browner on the scapulars, 

 concealed portions of all the feathers being white : face, sides 

 of the head and neck, ear-coverts, and lower portions of the back, 

 white, tipped and barred with ashy brown, lower part of hind 

 neck, ashy brown, tinged with pale brown ; margins of the shoul- 

 ders tipped or barred with brown ; primaries and secondaries 

 dark brov/n, basal portion barred not quite across with darker 

 brown, basal marginal half of inner webs white, secondary coverts 

 above white tipped and barred with brown ; wing coverts, second- 

 aries, and some of the inner primaries margined with white at 

 the tips ; under surface of the wing pure white, the margins of 

 the pi'imaries at the tips ashy grey, crossbars of upper surface 

 shining through; upper tail-coverts and rump white at the base, 

 narrowly margined, and barred with brown ; tail above ashy 

 brown, a little lighter on the inner webs, base of which is white 

 extending along the margin to near the tips ; all the feathers 

 barred with dark brown, shafts reddish, brown, barred with white 

 on the centre two feathers ; outer webs narrowly margined with 

 Avhite at the base ; under surface of tail pure glistening white, 

 the markings of the upper surface showing through ; all 

 the under surface white, throat having a narrow line down 

 centre of many of the feathers, chest and flanks with a broader 

 central line and a few transverse bracket-shaped bars of brown ; 

 bill and claws black ; base of bill, cere and legs, citron yellow ; 

 iris brownish yellow. Total length 14 inches, wing O'S, tail T'l, 

 tarsus 2-1, bill 1'05, culmen 1"2. 



Ilahitnt. Cape York, Port Denison, Eichmond, and Clarence 

 River Districts, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, 

 and Tasmania. 



