ACCIPITEK — AQUILA. 5 



Genus ACCIPITEK, Brisson. 



l^)-'^ ACCIPITER CIRRHOCEPHALUS, Vieillot. 



(A. torquatus, Vig. and Horsf.) 

 Collared Sparrow-Hawk. 



Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 19, p. 45. 2r. ^■ 



The nest is a scanty structure of a few sticks generally 

 placed crosswise over a horizontal bough, where twigs spring 

 to support it, and is lined with leaves. Being often at a 

 considerable distance from the ground and near the extremity of 

 the boughs it is difficult to get at. The eggs are usually three for 

 a sitting but sometimes only two, and are the smallest of any of 

 our Australian Hawk's eggs. The ground colour is greenish- 

 white, witli smears and specks of yellowish-buff, with here and 

 there an irregular shaped spot of the same tint. Length (A) 

 1-74 X 1-43 inches, (B) 1-8 X 1 '42 inches. {Dohr. Mus. P.L.S., 

 N.S.W., Vol. vii., p. 53. Riunsay.) 



Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Cape York, Rockingham Bay 

 Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 

 Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 

 and South Australia, Tasmania, W. and S.W. Australia, South 

 Coast New Guinea. (Banisay.) 



Sub-Family AQUILIN-ffi. 



Genus AQUILA, Brisson. 

 2 AQUILA AUDAX, Lath. 



Wedge-tailed Eagle. 

 Gould, Uandb. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 1, p. 8. 



X /. 



" The nests of this species are easily found, for, indeed, they are 

 large and conspicuous. They are often three feet high, and 

 consist of a mass of sticks piled up between the forks of the 



