Order ACCIPITRES. 

 Suborder FALCONES. 



Pamily FALCONID^. 

 Subfamily ACCIPITEIN.E. 



1. CIRCUS. 



1. Circus assimilis. 

 Jardine's Harrier, Spotted Sv-amii Harrier, 



Circus assimilis, Jard. and Selhij, Til. Oni., vol. i, pi. 51 (1S26) ; Wallace, 

 Ibid, 1S6S, p. 19 ; Sharjic, Cat. Bds., Brit. JIas., vol. i, p. 63(1874) ; 

 Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1875, p. 580; Fliiscli, Ibis, 1SS2, p. 

 399 ; Gurney, Lid Diurn. Eds. Prey, p. 23 (1SS4) ; Ramsay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc, X.S. W., vol. ii, 2ncl ser., p. 165 (1888) ; id. Tab. List. 

 Austr. Bds., p. 1 (ISSS) ; Xorth, Xcsts and Eygs Atistr. Bds., p. 1, 

 pi. 2, fig. 4 (1SS9) ; Broadb., Proc. Roy. Soc., Queensld., p. 16 

 (1SS9); Coxand Ham., Proc. Litm. Soc, X.S. W., vol. iv, 2nd ser., 

 p. 397 (1890); Xorth, I.e. p. 1023 (Roeburne) ; Sharpe, Ind. 

 Gould's Worts, p. 69 (1893) ; Gurney, jxm., Cat. Bds. Prey, p. 19 

 (1S94) ; Hartert, Xov. Zool, vol. iii, p. 163 (1896). 



Circus jardiuii, Goidd, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 141 ; id. Syn. Bds. 

 Amtr., pt. 3 (1838) ; Gray, Gen. Bds., vol. i, p. 32 (1845) ; Goidd, 

 Bds. Austr., vol. i, pi. 27 (1S4S) ; Stioi, Exped. Centr. Au-str., vol. 

 ii, A})}}- p. 16 (1849) StriclL, Orn. Syn., p. 154 (1855) ; Goidd, 

 Handhk. Bds. Austr., vol. i, p. 60, sp. 27 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 Bds., vol. i, p. 37 (1869) ; Schley, Mus. P.-B. Revue Accipitr., p. 

 .50 (1873) ; Sharpe, Ind. Gould's Works, p. 69 (1893). 



Spilocircus jardiuii, Kaiip, Isi", 1847, p. 102. 



Strigiceps jardiuii, Bonap. Con^p. Av. torn, i., p. 34 (1850.) 



Adult female. Above pale bluish slate-colour ; the crowu of the 

 head, cheeks, and ear-coverts broadly margined with bright deep 

 chestnut ; scapulars and wing-coverts with terminal spots of white, 

 and a row of larger spots on either side of the shaft, on the body 

 of the feather ; shoulders deep rufous chestnut ; wings bluish 

 grey ; anterior portion of primaries blackish, basal portion dark 

 brown ; secondaries narrowly edged at the tip with white ; all 

 barred with dark brown, the subterminal bar beiug the broadest ; 

 wings (underneath) light ashy grey ; bars more distinct on the 



