20 



Wing (? 400, ? 455 mm. ; throat and chest 

 rufous with white spots ; upper tail-coverts 

 ashy brown, tipped and spotted with 

 white. 



:38a. Circus assimilis rogersi Math., Nov. ZooL, N.W. 



xviii., p. 244 (1912). [Fitzroy R., N.W. Australia. 



Australia.] 



Lesser Spotted Harrier. 



Said to be smaller and darker. 



B. Above brown. 



a. Thighs white, with rufous streaks or spots. 



39. Circus approximans approximans Peale, Fiji Islands. 

 U.S. Explor. Exped., viii., p. 64 (1848). 

 [Fiji Is.]. 

 Fijian Harrier, 



Throat and chest white streaked with pale 

 rufous brown ; upper rail-coVerts white, 

 slightly spotted with pale rufous. 



"t39a. Circus approximans gouldi (Bp.), Consp., i,, S. & E. 



p. 34 (1850). [N.S. Wales.-] Australia, 



Allied Harrier. Tasmania. 



Larger ; wing ad. 410 mm. 



39b, Circus approximans inexpectatus Math., N.W. & N. 

 Nov. ZooL, xviii., p. 245 (1912). [Parry's Australia. 

 Creek, N.W. Australia.] 

 Little Allied Harrier. 



Smaller form. 



