Ordek ACCIPITRES,] 



[Fam, FALCOXIDiE 



CIECUS GOULDL 



(GOULD'S HARRIER.) 



Circus assimilis, Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terror, Birds, p. 2 (1844, nee J. & S.). 

 Circus gouldiy Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 34 (1850). 

 Falco harjpe^ Haast, Layard, Taylor (nee Forst.). 

 Falco auriocttluSy EUman, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7464. 

 Circus approocimans^ Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 36 (1869). 



Native names. 



Manutahae 



the young birds. 



Ad. suprk brnnneus, sub certa luce cupreo niteiis, dor si plumis plus minusve fulvo lavatis et terminatis : pilei 



plumis medialiter et longitudinaliter nigris, ferrugineo marginatis : nucha cum cello postico et lateral! 

 clarius fulvescentioribus : regione oculari nigra : facie laterali brunnea, plumis medialiter nigris : radio 

 faciali saturate brunneo, ferrugineo tincto et fulvescenti mixto : dorso postico brunneo, plumis late 

 fulvo terminatis : uropygio imo et supracaudalibus albis, his fascia fulva anteapicali transnotatis : 

 tectricibus alarum dorso concolorlbus, minimis fulvo et albo lavatis : aid spuria cinereo lavata : 

 remigibus brunneis, ad apicem saturatioribus, extus argenteo-cinereo lavatis, saturate brunneo trans- 

 fasciatis : cauda cinerea^ rectricibus exterioribus ferrugineis, plus minusve albicautibus, pennis centrali- 

 bus distincte, exterioribus irregulariter brunneo transfasciatis, omnibus ad apicem albis : cauda subtus 

 albicantCj fasciis brunneis interruptis notata : subtus lactescenti-albus, pauUo fulvescens : gula brunnea, 

 plumis medialiter nigris : pectore toto distincte brunneo longitudinaliter striate ; cruribus pauUo 

 ferrugineo tinctis, suprk anguste ferrugineo striatis : subalaribus albis, maculis ferrugineis et brunneis 

 notatis : cera et pedibus flavis : rostro et ungulis nigris : iride Isete flava. 



? mari pauUo major et fere pallidior : scapularibus rufescenti-albo terminatis. 



Juv. ehocolatinus, cupreo nitens, pileo vix nigricantiore : nucha albicanti-fulvo notata : subtus ferrugineo tinc- 



tus : cauda subtus albicante, supr^ chocolating, ferrugineo marmorata : remigibus subtus ad basin 

 lactescentibus, plus minusve brunneo marmoratis : ccra et pedibus flavis : iride saturate brunned. 



Adult male. Upper parts dark brown, the feathers of the head and neck broadly margined with reddish 

 fulvous, the wing-coverts and scapulars terminally edged with pale rufous brown; quills black, with the 

 outer web silvery grey, obscurely banded ; tail, when closed, light silvery brown, with interrupted 

 transverse bars and a subterminal band of dark brown; the lateral tail-feathers washed with rufous ; the 

 bars more conspicuous when the tail is spread ; upper tail-coverts pure white, barred near the tip with 

 rufous brown; superadjacent feathers tipped with rufous. Underparts generally pale fulvous, with a 

 broad dash of rufous brown down the centre of each feather, these markings being thickest on the breast 

 and sides ; tibial plumes paler fulvous, with the central streak much reduced ; the axillary plumes, which 

 are remarkably long, pale rufous, barred with darker rufous ; under surface of wings and tail light fawn- 



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