9. MiLVUs. 



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Specimens from New Caledonia are often of a much lighter 

 colour, especially on the upper portion of the head, neck, and 

 scapulars. 



Measurements of average-sized sijecimens from different localities. 



A 1 2 ad. sk. 



A 2 <y ad. sk. 



A 3 2 ad. sk. 



B 1 2 not quite ad. sk. 



B 2 9 semi-ad. sk. 



New South Wales. Pres. 



Mossgiel, New Soutli Wales. Pres. 



Dobroyde, N.S. Wales. Pres. 



King George's Sound, West Australia. Pres. 



Wollongoug, N.S. Wales. Pres. 



9. MILVUS. 



1. Milvus affinis. 



The Fork-tailed Kite. 

 Milvus affinis, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 140 ; id Syn. BJs. 

 Austr., p. 3 (1838) ; Gray, Gen. Bds. vol. i, p. 24 (1845); Gould, 

 Bds. Austr., vol. i, pi. 21 (1848) ; Sturt Exped. Centr. Austr., vol. 

 ii, App. p. 15 (1849) ; Bonap., Consp. Av., torn, i, p. 21 (1850) ; 

 Kaup. Contr. Orn., 1850, p. 60 ; Macgill., Voy. Raltlesn., vol. i, p. 

 .356; Bonap., Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, p. 534; Gray, Pi-oc. 

 Zool. Soc, 1858, p. 189 ; id Cat. Bds. New Guin., p. 54 (1859) ; 

 Schleg. Mu^. Pays-Bas., Milri, p. 8 (1862) ; Wallace, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1863, p. 484; Finsch, New Guin., p. 154 (1865); Gould, 

 Handhk. Bds. Austr., p. 49, sp. 21 (1865) ; Diggles, Orn. Austr., 

 pt. 1 (1866) ; Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, p. 393 ; Wall., Ibis. 

 1867, p. 16 ; Gray, Hand-list Bds., vol. i, p. 27 (1869) ; Jerd., Ibis, 

 1874, p. 343; Salvad., Cat. Bds. Borneo, p. 10 (1874); Sharpe, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., yoI. 1, p. 323 (1874); Salvad., et D'Alb., 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. vii, p. 805 (1875) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc, N.S.W., vol. i, pp. 369, 387 (1876); Hume, Stray Feath., 

 iv, p. 456 (1876) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1879, p. 77 ; Salvad., Orn. Pap et 

 Molucc, p. 21 (1880); Gurney, List. Diurn. Bds. Prey, p. 80 

 (1884) ; Broadb., Proc. Roy. Soc, Queensld., vol. ii, p. 119 (1886); 



