IIALIASTUR. 7 



Nestling, B. 1014G. "Taken from the nest December 4th, 

 Mossgiel, New South Wales ; iris clear light brown, cere yellowish 

 bill bluish horn colour at base, remainder black, bare space around 

 the eyes lead colour, feet yellowish-white" Total length 12 5 

 inches; wing 6'2 inches; bill from forehead 1'2 inch, from gajrte 

 1'4 inch, from nostril 0"7 inch ; similar to the preceding, the down 

 very much short and the hairy portions worn off, a few rusty 

 feathers on the occiput, nape and interscapular region, those on 

 the shoulders, scapulars, and back dull brown, dark in the centre; 

 primaries black, tipped with light brown, a few brown feathers 

 upon the rump and upper tail-coverts, pushing through the down, 

 dark brown ; tail dark brown margined with ashy-white and tip2:)ed 

 with white down ; rufous tinge on some of the pin-feathers of the 

 under tail-coverts ; a few rufous feathers appearing on the sides 

 of the breast and centre of the abdomen. " Iris clear light brown, 

 cere yellowish ; bill bluish horn colour tip black ; bare space in 

 front and round the eyes lead colour ; feet yellowish- white." 



Nestling, Reg. No. B. 6428. Taken from nest December 24th, 

 1883, Interior, N.S. Wales, about two months old, or more, "iris 

 light brown ; bill horn colour at base, tip black ; cere yellowish ; 

 feet greenish-white, claws black ; bare space in front and around 

 the eyes blackish," A much more advanced bird than the last. 

 Total length 14 inches ; wing 8-7 inches ; tail 4 inches ; bill from 

 forehead 1'35 inch, from gape 1-5, from nostidl 0-75 inch ; tarsus 

 2'2 inch ; mid toe (s.u.) 1*75 inch. Rufous feathers on the head 

 and nape covering the down, interscapular region brown, slightly 

 tinged with rufous ; wing-coverts dark brown, shaded with ashy- 

 brown and margined with ashy at the tips; piiuiaries black, 

 slightly tipped with ashy-white ; secondaries dark brown, ashy at 

 the tips showing blackish bars, on the under surface the bars on 

 the secondaries are well defined ; chest, and all the under surface, 

 sides, and under tail-coverts rufous, a few feathers only above the 

 flanks fully develoijed ; throat and sides of the neck with very 

 short down. 



HALIASTUR. 



Haliastur sphenurus. 



The Whistling Eagle. 



Nestling. Reg. No. B. 6434. "Taken from the nest December 

 18th, 1883, Interior of New South Wales. Iris light reddish-l)rown 

 bill and cere dark horn colour ; feet and legs bluish-white, claws 

 dark horn colour." Total length 8 inches ; bill from forehead 1 

 inch, from gape Dl inch ; tarsus 1* inch ; covered with short 

 white down, erect, longer and of a brownish tinge on the hind 

 neck and head. 



