12. Elanus. 



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webs of the wing-coverts jet black, inner webs of the wing-coverts 

 rufous, under primary coverts dark slate colour, thighs and under 

 tail-coverts rich rufous with a blackish shaft stripe, the notch in 

 the first four primaries are largely developed. When the wings 

 are extended the large white patch at the base of the quills is 

 very conspicuous and the bird can thus easily be recognised at a 

 great height. 



Habitat. Derby (N.W. Austr.), New South Wales, Interior, 

 South Australia, West Australia. 



A 1 2 ad. sk. 



A 2 2 ad. sk. 



A 3 2 ad. sk. 



C \ S' sk. nestling, 6 weeks old. 



C 2 sk. nestling, 2 months old. 



Mossgiel, New South Wales. Pch. 



Mossgiel, New South Wales. Pch. 



Lachlan River Plains, N.S.W. Pres. 



Mos.sgiel, New South Wales. Pch. 



Mossgiel, New South Wales. Pres. 



12. ELANUS. 



1. Elanus axillaris. 



The Black-shouldered Kite. 



Axillary Falcon, Lath. Gen. Syn. SuppL, vol. ii, p. 43 (1801). 



Falco axillaris, Lath. Ind. Orn. SuppL, vol. i, p. ix (1801). 



Circus axillaris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. torn, iv, p. 453 (1816). 



Elanus melauopterus, Virj. and Hontf. Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. xv, p. 185 

 (1827). 



Elanus notatus, Goidd. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p, 141 ; id. Syn. Bds. 

 Austr., pt. 4(1838). 



Elanus axillaris, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. xi, p. 189 (1843) ; 

 id. Gen. Bds., vol. i, p. 26, pi. 9, fig. 5 (1845) ; Goidd, Bds. Austr., 

 vol. i, pi. 23 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Av. torn, i, p. 22 (1850) ; 

 Strickl. Om. Syn. p. 139 (1855) ; Schleg. 3tns. Pays-Bas, Milvi, 

 p. 8 (1862); Gould, Hand-hk. Bds. Austr., vol. i, p. 53 (1865); 



