HALI^ETUS LEUCOSTERNUS, Gould. 

 Fig. 1. 



Hal. capite, collo, pectore, abdomineque summo niveis ; dorso, alis, abdomine imo, femoribus, crissoque 

 Icete castaneis ; primariis ad apicem nigris ; caudd castaned, subtus pallidiore, rectricibus sex in- 

 termediis ad apicem cinerescentibus ; rostro ad basin plumbeo,ad apicem flavescente; pedibus flave- 

 scenti-plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 22-J unc. ; rostri, lf r ; alee, \5\ ; cauda, 9 ; tarsi, % 



Head, neck, chest, and upper part of the abdomen snow white : back, wings, lower part of the ab- 

 domen, thighs, upper and under tail-coverts rich chestnut red ; first six primaries chestnut at the base 

 and black at the tip ; tail-feathers chestnut red on their upper surface, lighter beneath, the eight cen- 

 tral feathers tipped with greyish white ; bill light yellow at the tip passing into bluish lead colour at 

 the base ; feet bluish lead colour tinged with yellow. 



Syn. Hali&etus leucosternus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. This species is nearly allied to IF. Pondicerianus, but differs from that bird in the smaller 

 extent of the cere, and in the uniform snow-white colouring of the neck and chest. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, unknown. 



IIALI/EETUkS CANORUS, Fig. 8f Horsf. 

 Fig. 2. 



Hal. capite, collo, corporeque subtus, pallide fusco-luteis, plumis colore intensiore marginatis ; plumis 

 dor si alarumque fuscis cinereo marginatis ; primariis nigrescenti-fuscis ; caudd cinerescenti-fuscd ; 

 rostro fusco ; pedibus flavescenti-fuscis. 



Long. tot. 25 \ unc. ; rostri, alee, 16^; caudal, 10| ; tarsi, l£. 



Head, neck, and all the under surface light sandy brown, each feather margined with a darker co- 

 lour ; feathers of the back and wings brown, margined with greyish white ; primaries blackish brown ; 

 tail greyish brown ; bill brown ; feet yellowish brown. 



Syn. Haliasetus Canorus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 187. 



Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales. 



