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68. XJroaetus sp. incert. 

 One seen. 



69. Cuncuma leucogaster. White-bellied Sea-Eagle. 

 Falco leucogaster Gmelin^ Syst. Nat. 1788^ p. 257 : New- 

 South Wales. 



Rare. 



70. Haliastur Indus leucosternus. White-headed Sea-Eagle. 

 Haliaeetus leucosternus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr.pt. iii. 



1838, pi. 40 : New South Wales. 



Plentiful on the north side of the island ; two nests were 

 found in January. 



71. Haliastur sphenurus. Whistling Eagle. 



Milvus sphenwus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. vol. xx, 

 1818, p. 564 : New South Wales. 



A few seen and two nests, both the latter built in tall 

 Paper-bark trees, in the great swamp. 



72. Milvus korschun affinis. Allied Kite. 



Milvus affinis Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. iii. pi. 47, 

 1838 : New South Wales. 

 Not common. 



73. Falco longipennis apsleyi. Northern Little Falcon. 

 Falco lunulatus apsleyi Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. vol. i. 



1912, p. 33 : Melville Island. 

 Very rare. 



74. leracidea berigora melvillensis. Northern Brown 

 Hawk. 



leracidea berigora melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. 

 vol. i. 1912, p. 34 : Melville Island. 



Only found near Apsley Straits, none seen on the north 

 side of the Island. Mr. Rogers noticed that they differed 

 from those seen in north-west Australia. 



75. Cerchneis cenchroides milligani. Dusky Wankeen 

 Kestrel. 



Cerchneis cenchroides milligani Mathews, Nov. Zool. 



