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oitiatis ; omnibus ad apicem nigris ; rostrofusco ; cerd, tarsisque 

 Jiavis. 

 Long. tot. 20 unc. ; rostri, If ; aim, 81 1 ; cavd(B, S\ ; tarsi, If. 

 Hab. in Australia. 



Obs. Tliis species, the immediate locality of which is not known, 

 offers the nearest approach to the Common Kite, Milvus vukjaris, 

 that has yet been discovered ; but is readily distinguished from that 

 species by the square form of the tail. 



El ANUS NOTATus. El. ocuUs nigro anguste drcumdatis ;fronte, 

 kiteribus faciei corporeque subtus albis ; nucha, dorso, scapida- 

 ribus,tectricibusque caiidce majoribus delicate cinercis; alis maxi- 

 mis ex partibus nigris, kumeris subtiis albis ; primariis supra ni- 

 grcscenti-cinereis, subiiis fusco-nigris ; caudd cinerescenti-albd ; 

 rostra nigra ; cerd pedibtisque aicraiitiaco-Jlavis. 

 Long. tot. unc. 14; alee, 11| ; caudce, 6^; tarsi, If. 

 Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Obs. Distinguished from Elanus melanopterus by the oval spot 

 of black on the under surface of the wing, whence its specific name ; 

 it also differs from Elanus leucurus in the form of the tail and other 

 characters. 



Circus Jardinei. Mas. Circ. vertice, genis, plumisque auricu- 

 laribus intense castaneis, fusco longitudinaliter notatis ; disco 

 fasciali, nuchd, dorso superiore, pectore necnon dorso into, sca- 

 jiularibiisque, intense cinereis, his albo leviter notatis ; humeiis, 

 alis subtiis, abdomine,femoribus, crissoque, castaneis, albo per- 

 pulchre notatis; tectricibus alarum fusco-cineraccis, irregidariter 

 albo notatis ; secondariis cineraceis, fasciis tribusfuscis anguste 

 notatis, fascidque latd terminali ; primariis ad basin cervinis, 

 jjer reliquas partes nigris ; tectricibus caudce superioinbus fuscis, 

 fascias albas, apicemcpie album ostendentibus ; caudd cinereo 

 fuscoque alter natim fasciatd ; rostro nigro; pedibus Jiavis. 

 Long. tot. 19 unc. ; alie, 16 ; Cauda, 10 ; tarsi, 3f. 

 Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Syn. Circus assimilis, Jard. and Selb. 111. Orn., vol. i. pi. 51, fe- 

 male ? 



Obs. I am induced to believe that the bird figured by Messrs. Jar- 

 dine and Selby under the name of Circus assimilis will jirove to be 

 the female of this bird ; but as I am not quite certain, I have thought 

 it best to characterise the present bird under a new name. 



Athene? fortis. Ath. facie guldque cinerescenti-albis ; vertice, 

 corporeque supra fuscis, purpurea tinctis ; scapularibus, secon- 

 dariis tectricibusque alec majoribus albo guttatis ; jnimariis al- 

 ternatim fusco griseoque fasciatis ; fasciis pallidis ad mar- 

 ginem externum albescentibus ; caudd fitscd lineis sex vel septem 

 cinerescentibus transversim fasciatis, apice cinercscente ; cor- 

 pore subtiis brunneo alboque marmorato, hoc colore marginem 

 plumarum ornante ; tarsis ad digitos vestitis, fusco cervirioque 



