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widtli and briglitiicss caudad ; some of the feathers of the 

 hind neck with their white bases apparent, others passing into 

 a chestnnt-l)rown to form an incipient collar; edges and tii)s 

 of secondaries and tips of inner primaries rnfous ; tail 

 fuscous grey, with several (twelve) fuscous bars on the inner 

 webs of the quills, the tips of the quills rufous, interspaces 

 pale fawn on inner half of inner web ; chin, throat, and 

 upper breast isabelline grey, with longitudinal streaks, nar- 

 row on chin and throat, broader on upper breast ; lower 

 breast washed with rufous and its streaks rufous brown ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts very pale rufous, with rufous 

 streaks ; thighs uniform rufous ; side of throat isabel-grey, 

 with broad fuscous streaks; cheeks similar; ear-coverts and 

 a spot behind upper angle of eye fuscous brown, the latter 

 w ith a rufous line above it ; under wing-coverts pale rufous, 

 with rhomboidal fuscous spots in the centres ; inner webs of 

 remiges pale cinnamon ; flanks buffy white, with broad 

 rufous-brown bars; tail beneath grey: "iris dull yellow; 

 beak black ; feet light yellow." Length 280 mm., wing 176, 

 tail 145, tarsus 45, culmen from base of cere 12*5. 



"Neneba, Mt. Scratchley, at 4000 feet, Nov. 11th, 1896/' 

 In colouring this bird seems to be very like the unknown 

 young of A. erijthrauchtn, to which I refer it. 



3. Circus, sp. inc. 



Young male. Above fuscous brown, with broad rufous 

 edges, upper tail-coverts uniform; head and neck black; 

 tail above fuscous, with several (twelve) narrow bars, beneath 

 paler, with lighter bars paling to white at base ; beneath 

 white ; pectorals with broad rufous edges, shaft-streaks 

 fuscous, gradually widening from chin to lower breast, and 

 breaking up into two bi'oad bars on abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts ; cheeks white, with broad blackish streaks ; 

 wing-coverts above and below and metacarpal edge rufous, 

 with sagittate fuscous centres; ren)igcs with white bars 

 (nine) on inner web ; thighs white, stained with rufous and 

 barred with black : " iris yellow ; beak grey, point black, 

 cere yellow-green ; feet yellow.^' Length 460 mm., wing 

 288, tail 245, culmen 25, tarsus 70. 



