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grass, Mr. Keartland says that, as the small marsupials,- lizards 

 and mice were disturbed by the flames, in a few minutes the 



From life. Melbourne Zoo. D. Le Souef. 



Kestrel Hawk : Cerchneis cenchroides. 



Brown Hawks appeared in numbers, and dashed through the 

 dense smoke, seizing their prey as they darted from one tussock 

 to another. Gould says that the Kite similarly hovers over th& 



