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Measurements of averaged-sizecl specimens from different localities. 



A 1 2 ad. sk. 

 A 2 2 ad. sk. 



A 3 9 not quite ad. sk. 

 Ai 3^ ad. sk. 

 B 1 2 semi-ad. sk. 

 B 2 2 semi-ad. sk. 



New South Wales. Pres. 



Pine Mountains, Queensland. Col. 



Bellinger River, New South Wales. Col. 



Richmond River, New South Wales. Pres. 



Cape York, Queensland. Pres. 



Gayndah, Burnett River, Queensland. Col. 



14. FALCO. 



1. Falco melanogenys. 



The Black-cheeked Falcon. 



Falco peregrinus, Vi'j. and Horsf. {nee Gmel.) Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. 

 XV, p. 183 (1826) ; Blrjgles, Orn. Austr., pt. 20 (1868). 



Falco melanogenys, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 139; id.Syn. Bds. 

 Austr., pt. 3, pi. 40 (1838); id. Eds. Avstr., vol. i, pi. 8 (1848); 

 Gould, Intr. Bds. Austr., p. 19 ; Sturt Exped. Centd. Austr., vol. 

 ii, App. p. 14 (1849) ; Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 56; Bonap., 

 Consp. Av. torn, i, p. 23 (1850) ; id. Bev. et. Mag. de Zool. (1850), 

 p. 484; SfricM. Orn. Syn., p. 84 (1855); Gurney, Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 131 ; Gould, Handhk. Bds. Austr., p. 26, sp. 8 (1865) ; Blyth, 

 Ihis (1866), p. 234 ; Bamsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1867), p. 393 ; 

 Gurney, Ibis [1867), p. 465 ; Midler, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1869), p. 

 279 ; Gray, Hand-list Bds., vol. i, p. 19 (1869) ; Hume, Ibis (1871), 

 p. 24 ; .Jerdon, Ibis (1871), p. 238 ; Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1873), 

 p. 466; Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. i, p. 385 (1874); 

 Tiveedd. Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. ix, p. 139 (1875) ; Salvad. Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen., p. 172(1879) ; Fmsch, Ibis (1881), p. 535; Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 153; Salvin. Cat. Strickl. Coll., p. 500 (18S2) ; 

 Finsch, Vog. d. Sudsee, p. 5 (1884) ; Gurney, List Diurn. Bds. 

 Prey, p. 107 (1884); Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1884, pp. 331-2; 

 Ramsay, Ted). List Austr. Bds., p. 1 (1888); North, Nests aiid 

 Eggs Austr. Bd^., p. 16, pi. iii, fig. 4 (1889); Broadb. Proc Boy. 



