"ZIETZ— Avifauna of tifelville Island, Northern Territory. 13 



*24<> Biirhinus magnirostris subsp.? — Stone Plover. 



(No Northern Territory specimens for comparison). 



o247a. Esacus magnirostris melvillensis — Allied Long-billed 

 Stone-plorer. 



*282a. Bit tor ides javanica subsp.? — Mangrove Bittern. 



(Xo Northern Territory specimen for comparison). 



o287a. Ardeiralla flavicollis melvillensis — Melville Island Bit 

 tern. 



*291 Anseranas semipalmata — Pied Goose. 



o315a. Carbo melanoleueus melvillensis — Northern Little Coi 1 ' 

 morant. 



*333a. Astur clarus robust us subsp. n. — The Greater Nor — 

 thern Grey Goshawk. 



This a much stronger-built bird than Astur 

 radiatus from North Queensland, it has a stouter 

 bill, longer and stouter legs and claws. The whole 

 of the upper surface greyish brown, under surface 

 white with greyish-brown markings; the throat is 

 streaked; upper breast heavily blotched, lower 

 breast sides of body and abdomen heavily barred, 

 some of these bars washed with rufous; thighs with 

 narrow and fainter cross-bars, undertail coverts 

 white, secondaries and tail feathers with faint 

 blackish cross-bars. Iris and feet yellow, sex 

 female, wing 288, tarsus 81. A female of A. radia 

 tus radiatus from North Queensland measures wing 

 266 tarsus 74. 

 337a. Astur fasciatus didimus — Melville Island Goshawk. 



*3«~3a. Haliastur sphenurus tcrritori.'l — Northern Whistling 

 Eagle. 



Differs from South Australian and Victorian speci- 

 mens in being much smaller and darker in the whole 

 of the plumage. Sex, male, wing 377. Males from 

 South Australia 402 and 416, Victoria 428. 



o369a. Falco longipennis apsleyi — Northern Little Falcon. 

 371a. Ira-tided berrigora melvillensis — Northern Brown 

 Hawk. 



o375a. Pandion haliaetus melvillensis — Northern White- 

 headed Osprey. 



381a. Ninox booboolc melvillensis — Red Boobook Owl. 

 304a. Trichoglossus rubritorquis melvillensis — Northern Red 

 collared Lorikeet. 



*407a. Trichoglossus versicolour mellori.? — Varied Lorikeet. 

 (No Northern Territory specimens for comparison). 



