PANDION LEUCOCEPHALUS, Gould. 



Pand. vertice, nucha, guld, abdomine, femoribus, crissoque albis ; plumis pectoris fusco adapicem nota- 

 tis; plumis auricularibus fuscescenti-nigris ; colli later ibus fuscis ; dor so, alis, caudaque brunneis, 

 singulis plumis notd alba angustd apicali ornatis ; primariis nigris ; rostro nigro ; tarsis olivaceo- 

 plumbeis. m 



Long. tot. 21 unc. ; rostri, 1^ ; alee, 16J ; caudce, 8 ; tarsi, 2^. 



Crown of the head, back of the neck, throat, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; fea- 

 thers of the chest with a broad spot of brown at their tips ; ear-coverts blackish brown ; sides of the 

 neck brown ; back, wings, and tail clove brown, each feather of the back having a narrow circle of 

 white at its extremity ; primaries black ; bill black ; tarsi yellowish olive, tinged with lead colour. 



Syn. Pandion leucocephalus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. I venture to characterise this bird as distinct from the Pandion Haliceetus, as it appears to 

 be always smaller in size, and is moreover said to have yellow tarsi. The individual from which my 

 description was taken has this character to a certain extent, although a leaden tint pervades in some 

 parts. I have never seen a specimen of P. Haiimetus with so much white on the head and back of 

 the neck as is found in the Australian bird. 



Habitat. Australia. 



