TINNUNCULUS CENCHEOIDES: 



NANKEEN KESTREL. 



THIS bird bears a great resemblance in habits and economy to the European Kestrel, differing from 

 it principally in its easier and more graceful flight. 



It is found in almost every part of Australia. 



During October and November it deposits four eggs in a hollow trunk of a tree, no not 

 being constructed. The eggs, which are light chestnut in colour, freckled with a darker tint, are one 

 inch and five-eighths long and one inch and a quarter broad. 



The male has the forehead white ; the crown of the head, upper surface, and wing-coverts, 

 cinnamon-red, with a stripe of dark brown on each feather; rest of wing-feathers dark brown, slightly 

 margined with white ; tail, grey, tipped with white, and crossed near the extremity by a band of black ; 

 sides of the head and ear-coverts, greyish- white ; face and under surface, white, the shafts of the 

 feathers on the chest being black ; irides, brown ; bill, black ; legs and feet, yellow. 



Habitat : All Australia, more or less. 



GP:NUS BAZA (Hodgson). 



fJpHKEE members of this genus inhabit India and the adjacent islands, and one is found in Australia. 



BAZA SUBCRLSTATA (Gould). 



CHESTED HA WK. 



THIS is a very rare species, its range being restricted to the northern part of New South Wales, 

 and the southern part of Queensland. It inhabits fiat open country. 



It feeds on insects of various kinds, many of which are obtained in the air. 



The sexes do not differ in plumage. 



The head, ear-coverts, and upper part of back, are light brownish-grey ; the crest of th<- 

 head, blackish-brown ; back, brown ; wings, blackish-grey ; tail, brownish-grey ; throat and chest, 

 greyish-white; rest of under surface, reddish-buff, crossed by irregular bars of darker colour; irides, 

 legs, and feet, yellow ; bill and claws, black. 



Habitats : Parts of New South Wales, and Queensland. 



