ASTXJB. 3 



Tasmanian Goshawk, and the continental form the New Holland 

 Goshawk, (the name of the Australian Goshawk being retained for 

 Astii/r approximans) which is distributed over the whole continent, 

 A smaller variety of White Goshawk, the female of which has a 

 ashy-grey back and a few bars of the same colour on the under 

 surface of the body has been separated by Mr. R. B. Sharpe 

 under the name of Astv/r leiLCOsomus. It appears to be confined to 

 Cape York and the southern portions of New Guinea, the adult 

 male in this case is also purely white. 



The nest of Astv/r cinereus (the large continental form) is an 

 open structure composed of thin sticks, and lined with twigs and 

 leaves. One found near the Cape Otway Forest, Victoria, in 

 October, 1865, was placed in the topmost boughs of a lofty 

 Eucalyptus, and contained two eggs in form nearly oval, slightly 

 swollen at one end, of a dull bluish-white, smeared and blotched 

 with faded markings of yellowish and reddish-brown, particularly 

 towards the larger end, and which, were it not for their size, 

 might be easily mistaken for those oiAstur approxiirwMS-which they 

 closely resemble. Length (A) 1-97 x 1-48 inches; (B) 2-05 x 

 1-51 inches. '^^'- '^^'- ^^>^ 



kah. Derby, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 

 District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence River District, 

 New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. (Bamsay.) 



^ ASTUR APPROXIMANS, Vigors and Horitfield. 



Australian Goshawk. i 



Gould, Hcmdhh. Bds. Ami., Vol. i., sp. 17, p. 41. 



The nest of the Australian Goshawk is comparatively a large 

 structure, composed of sticks and lined with Eucalyptus leaves, 

 and placed in a lofty tree, usually a Eucalyptus or Oasuarina, The 



