Order ACCIPITRES. 



Suborder FALCONES. 

 Family FALCONIDiE. 



Subfamily ACCIPITRIN^. 



CIRCUS. 



Circus assimilis. 



(C. JAUDINII, Gould.) 

 Jardine's Harrier. 



Nestling, Reg. No. A. 9317. " Taken from the nest December 

 23rcl, 1879, Lachlan River, N.S.W.; about five weeks old."* Down 

 on the head and neck dull ashy-grey, ear-coverts rufous, on the 

 remainder of the under surface white, the ends of pni-feathers on 

 the chest deep rufous, those on the flanks similar, but with a broad 

 lanceolate shaft stripe, under tail-coverts rufous, down on the legs 

 white mixed with butt; a few butf pin-feathers showing through 

 the down ; on the nape, hind neck, back, scapulars and wmg- 

 coverts, rump and upper tail-coverts, the feathers are blackish at 

 the base, broadly margined and tipped with rufous, quills and tail 

 blackish-brown, margined with butt^or rufous, under surface of the 

 secondaries showing transverse bars as in the adult, nearly all the 

 feathers tipped with down. Total length 15-5 inches ; wing 8-3 

 inches ; tail 5 inches ; bill from forehead 3-4 inches, from gape 

 1-5 inch, from nostril 0-6 inch ; tarsus 3-5 inches ; mid toe (s.u.) 

 1-75 inch. 



ASTUR. 



Astur approximans. 



The Australian GoshawTc. 



Nestling, Reg. No. B. 6432. " Taken from the nest Decembe. 

 6th 1883, Darling River, Interior, N.S.W. About a fortnight old 

 Iris' brown, cere light green, bill black, legs and feet yellow, claws 



* The nestliiKrs in every instance described in this appendix have been 

 taken by Mr. K H. Benn'ott, who has attached a note, giving the date 

 and locality of each specimen, together with the colours of those parts 

 liable to fade. 



