PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF PART I. 



This Part I. of the Catalogue of Australian Birds con- 

 tains a description of all the Species of the Accipitres 

 or Diurnal Birds of Prey at present known to inhabit 

 Australia — in all 28 Species — and a list of such as are 

 contained in the collection of the Australian Museum. 



E. P. R. 



Sydney, 1876. 



PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF PART I. 



The present Edition of Dr. E. P. Ramsay's '' Catalogue 

 of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum, Part I. 

 Accipitres," has had incorporated with it an Appendix 

 prepared by the same author, and published in 1890. 

 The synonymy and literary references to each species for 

 the past twenty-one years have been added, and the 

 measurements of a series of specimens, when available, 

 are given in every instance in tabular form. Since the 

 publication of the First Edition specimens of Asfiir 

 crtientus and Gypoictinia luelanosternon have been added 

 to the collection. I have endeavoured to make as few 

 changes in the nomenclature as possible, and with one 

 or two exceptions it remains the same as in the First 

 Edition. A few remarks of mine on some of the species 



are placed between square brackets. 



A. J. N. 

 Sydney, 1898. 



