5. Aqcila. 



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toe, with its long first joint, its sliorter and somewhat square tail, 

 which never exceeds more than 7'6 inches, will at once distin- 

 guish them. 



Hahitat. Derby (N.W. Austr.), Cape York, Rockingham Bay, 

 Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Kichmond and 

 Clarence Eivers District, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria, 

 South and West Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea. 



A 1 2 ad. sk. 

 A 2 (? ad. sk. 

 A 3 2 ad. sk, 

 A 4 ,? ad. sk. 

 A 5 2 ad. mntd. 

 C 1 5 juv. sk. 



King George's Sound, West Australia. 



Gayndah, Queensland. 



Port Lincoln, South Australia. 



New South Wales. 



King George's Sound, West Australia. 



Col. 

 Col. 

 Col. 

 Col. 

 Pres 

 Col. 



Sub-family AQUILINE. 



5. AQUILA. 



1. Aquila audax. 



Tlie Wedge-tailed Eagle. 

 Bold Vulture, Latli. Gen. Syn. SiippL, vol. m, p. 10(1801). 

 Vulture audax. Lath. Ind. Oni. Suppl., p. 2 (1801). 



Mountain Eagle of New South Wales, Collins, New South Wales, pi. opp., 

 p. 525 (1804). 



Aquila albirostris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., torn, i, p. 229 (1816) ; 



Puclieran, Rev., et Mag. de Zool. (1850), p. 81. 

 Falco fucosus, Temm. PI Col. torn, i, pi. 32 (1824). 



