HALIiEETUS LEUCOSTERNUS, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
Hal. capite, collo, pectore, ahdomineque summo niveis ; dorso, alls, abdomme imo, femoribus, crissoque 
IcEte castaneis ; primariis nd npicem nigris ; caudd castaned, subtus pallidiore, rectricibus sex in- 
terniediis ad apicem cinerescentibus ; rostro ad basin plumbeo,ad a^ncem Jlavescente; pedibus flave- 
scenti-plumbeis. 
Long. tot. 22^ unc. ; rostri, ; alcB, \5\ ; caudce, 9 ; tarsi, 2. 
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 cliestnut red on their u})per 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. Haliceetus leiicosternus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837- 
Remarh. This species is nearly allied to H. Pondicerianns, 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. 
HALIyEETUS CANORUS, Fig. ^ Horsf. 
Fig. 2. 
Hal. capite, collo, corporeque subtus, pnllidc fusco-lnteis, plumis colore intensiore marginatis ; plum is 
dorsi alarumque fuscis cinereo marginatis ; priinariis nigrescenti-fuscis ; caudd cinerescenti-fuscd ; 
rostro fusco ; pedibus jiavescenti-fuscis. 
Long. tot. 25 J unc. ; rostri, \f,; alec, 16^; caudce, 10|; tarsi, \\. 
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. Haliceiitus Canorus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 187- 
Habitat, Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
