HiERACIDEA. G5 



rufous, upper surface dark brown, slightly shaded with ashy ; the 

 two central feathers barred but not quite across, the outer webs 

 of the others spotted near the shaft and the inner webs barred 

 right across with rich rufous, all margined at the tips with pale 

 rufous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries rich buff, many of the 

 feathers blotched at the tips with irregular markings of dark 

 brown ; under surface of the wings light rufous buff, the ends of 

 the quills of a darker tint, all the feathers margined at the tips 

 with rufous edged with white, the outer webs spotted, the inner 

 ones crossed with broad bands of rufous which run together on the 

 margins towards the base ; scapulars similarly tipped, spotted, and 

 barred with the same tint. Bill light horn coloui% bluish round 

 the base, brownish along the culmen, lower mandible faded to 

 straw colour, orbits and cere grey ; feet and legs bluish grey ; 

 claws brownish.* 



These specimens are very similar in size and markings, the 

 male being IG inches, the female 17 inches in length. The former 

 is from the Ouse River, Tasmania, the latter from " Dabee," 

 New South Wales. 



Nestling, Eeg. '^o. B. 6433. " Taken from the nest, October 

 9th, 1884, about three weeks old, Mossgiel, N.S. Wales. Iris, 

 dark brown ; bill and cere lead colour, dark at the tip ; legs 

 and feet bluish-white, claws dark brown." Total length 9 inches ; 

 wing 4 ; bill from forehead 1, from gape 1 ; tarsus 1'8 ; mid. toe 

 (s.u.) 1*15. Covered with dull whity-brown down above and 

 below, under surface dull white, down on the flanks long and of 

 an ashy tinge ; pin-feathers of the wing as far as exposed, and 

 of the tail blackish with rufous margins tipped with down. 



Nestling, Eeg. No. B. 10155. " Taken from the nest, Mossgiel, 

 October 29th, about a month old. Iris rich dark brown ; cere 

 greyish, eyelids bluish-white; bill horn colour; legs fleshy- white ; 

 feet whitish, tinged with blue, claws dark horn colour." Total 

 length 11'35 inches; wings 6*1; tail 2"7 ; bill from forehead 1, 

 from gape 1"2 ; tarsus 2"4 ; mid. toe (s.u.) 1'5. Dark brown 

 pin-feathers tinged with rufous-fawn colour upon the sides of the 

 breast ; a broken row on the chest, hind neck, interscapular region 

 and back dark brown tipped with light rufous ; quills and wing- 

 coverts where visible, black, strongly margined with rufous-fawn, 

 some of the secondaries showing rufous-fawn coloured spots or 

 broken bars, pin-feathers of the upper tail-coverts and tail blackish, 

 broadly margined with deep fawn ; all but the centre pair with a 

 spot or band of rufous-fawn. 



* A still 3'ounger bird, from the Macleay Collection, and kindly lent ine for examina- 

 tion, has remains of white down on the head, and the.Iight coloured portions of the under 

 surface are of a rich creamy buff, facial features stron§:ly pronounced. 



