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Urospiza fasciata (Australian Goshawk). 



Two or three specimens were met with on Macumba Sta- 

 tion, in South Australia, but they were not seen further 

 north. 



Accipiter cirrocephalus (Collard Sparrow Hawk). 



One or two birds were seen near the waters, and came 

 night and morning to prey upon the chestnut-eared finches, 

 and seemingly killed a good many of them. 



Urcetus audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle). 



These birds were not at all numerous. A pair would be 

 met with at long intervals through the MacDonnell Ranges, 

 but nowhere did we find them in numbers. The natives seek 

 the white down from these fine birds for decorating their 

 bodies. 



Hiera^etus morphnoides (Little Eagle). 



Little eagles w r ere not numerous. A specimen was secured 

 on the Finke, near Crown Point. 



Haliastur sphenurus (Whistling Eagle). 



These widely-distributed birds were fairly numerous along 

 the Finke, where they evidently breed. 



Milvus korschun affinis (Allied Kite). 

 A single example was seen perched on a dead mulga-tree 

 for some time, when it flew to the ground, captured a lizard, 

 and flew away with it to a rocky ridge. 



Lophoictinia isuRA (Square-tailed Kite). 



These birds were found in the spinifex country south of 

 the MacDonnell Ranges. 



Gypoicitinia melanosterna (Black-breasted Buzzard). 



A few were seen, generally flying high, but once or twice 

 they came quite close to the camp. 



Elanus axillaris (Black-shouldered Kite). 

 Not numerous ; met with in sandhill country near Cham- 

 bers Pillar. 



Falco longipennis (Little Falcon). 



These swift-flying birds were fairly numerous in com- 

 parison to other members of the hawk tribe. A pair were 

 nearly always found at the waters, where they preyed upon 

 small parrots and finches. It is a very bold and daring bird. 



