398 Mr. C. Ingram on the Birds of 
MILvus AFrFInis. 
Milvus afinis Gould; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 1. 
p 824 (1874: N.W. Australia) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs 
Austr. B.i, p. 22 (1901) ; Hall, Emu, ii. p. 63 (Fitzroy River). 
a. d adult. Alexandra, June 1905. Bill and feet black. 
6. § adult. Alexandra, Dec. 19, 1905. Feet yellow ; 
iris brown. 
ce. 2 adult. Alexandra. Jan. 8, 1906. 
Eggs. Nos. 4, 5, 11. 
GYPOICTINIA MELANOSTERNUM. 
Gypoictinia melanosterna (Gould); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. 1. p. 335 (1874) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. i. 
p. 25 (1901). 
No. 72. a-d. $ adult and nestlings. Alexandra, Sept. 
1905. Bill bluish grey ; feet grey, claws blue; iris orange 
to pale yellow. 
e. § adult. Alexandra, Nov. 1, 1905. Bill blue above, 
yellow below; feet dirty white; iris hazel. 
The two newly-hatched nestlings of this species accom- 
panying the male example killed at Alexandra in Sept. 
1905 prove that the birds were breeding there at that 
period. As this Kite is a rare species, only found in 
the interior of the continent, it is probable that the 
nestlings have not previously been described. They are 
uniformly covered with loose, buff-coleured down, which 
shades into very dark sooty-brown on the rump and round 
the eyes, the lores being almost black. 
ELANUS AXILLARIS. 
Elanus axillaris (Lath.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 
p- 388 (1874: Port Albany) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. 
B. i. p. 27 (1901); Hartert, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 208 (South 
Alligator River). 
No. 56. 2? adult. Alexandra, June 1905. Bill black; 
feet pale yellow ; iris lemon-yellow. 
HIERACIDEA ORIENTALIS. 
Hieracidea orientalis (Schl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
1, p. 422 (1874). 
