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Throat and chest rufous with white spots ; 

 upper tail-coverts ashy brown, tipped and 

 spotted with white. 

 38, Circus assimilis assimilis Jard. and Selb., 111. E. Australia. 

 Orn., Ser. i., pi. 51 (1828). Tasmania, 



Spotted Harrier. Celebes. 



[Doubtful form.] Said to be smaller and 

 darker. 

 38a. Circus assimilis rogersi Math., Nov. ZooL, N.W. 



xviii., p. 244 (1912). Australia. 



Lesser Spotted Harrier. 



B. Above brown. 



a. Thighs white, with rufous streaks or spots. 



Throat and chest white streaked with pale 

 rufous brown ; upper tail-coverts white, 

 slightly spotted with pale rufous. 

 39. Circus approximans approximans Peale, U.S. Fiji Islands. 

 Explor. Exped., viii., p. 64 (1848). 

 Fijian Harrier. 



Larger. 



39a. Circus approximans gouldi (Bp.), Consp., i., S. & E. 

 p. 34 (1850). Australia, 



Allied Harrier. Tasmania. 



Smaller. 

 SQh. Circus approximans inexpectatus Math., Nov. N.W. & N. 

 Zool., xviii., p. 245 (1912). Australia. 



Little Allied Harrier. 



Smaller and darker than C. a. gouldi. 

 39c. Circus approximans drummondi Math, 

 dale, Ibis, 1913, p. 419. 

 New Zealand Harrier. 



Ire- New Zealand. 



b. Thighs rufous, the feathers margined with 

 white. 



Throat and chest brown, the feathers mar- 

 gined with white ; abdomen rufous ; upper 

 tail-coverts orange rufous, tipped with white. 

 40. Circus ranivorus (Daud.), Traite, ii., p. 170 

 (1800). 

 S African Marsh Harrier, 



S. Africa 

 below 10° S. 

 lat. 



