Order ACCIPITRES. 



Sub-Family ACCIPITRIN-ffil. 



Genus CIKCUS, Lacepede. 



^ - ^ ■ CIRCUS ASSIMILIS, Jardine and Selby. 



(C. Jardinii, Gould.) 



Allied Harrier. 



Gould, Handbk. Birds Ausf., Vol. i., sp. 27, p. 60. ^ ^. 



The nest of this species is a flat structure, outwardly composed 

 of small sticks and twigs, lined inside with a few green 

 Eucalyptus leaves, and usually placed among the thick branches 

 of a low tree. Eggs two to three in number for a sitting, white, 

 with a bluish-green tinge on the inner surface of the shell. 

 Two specimens taken on the 30th September, 1884, measure in 

 length (A) 2x1-5 inches : (B) 2-05 x 1-55 inches. 



This species breeds during September and the twD following 

 months. 



Ilai. Derby, N. W. Australia, Port Denison, Wide Bay, 

 Richmond and Clarence River District, New South Wales, 

 Interior, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Cobar 

 and Bourke Districts, Dawson River. {Ramsay.) 

 A. 



