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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 
ORDER XV. — ^ACCIPITRIFORIVIES, DIURNAL BIRDS OF 
PREY. 
P. 66. Serpentariidae, Secretary-Bird, 2 sp. E. 
F. 67. YulUiridae, Vultures, 17 sp.— 8(5)0., 6(0)P., 9(5)E. 
F. 68. FALCONIDAE (29), HARRIERS, GOSHAWKS, 
EAGLES, FALCON, etc., 485 sp.— 99 (86) A., 
106(58)0., 70(19)P., 118(91)E., 53(17)Nc., 
144(112)N1. 
2 151 Spotted Harrier (Jardine), Spotted Swamp-Hawk, 
18 Circus assimilis, Cel. to A., T. Stat. c. plains 22 
therefore, much like the Eagles of another. The Harriers of Eng- 
land are practically identical with the Harriers of Australia and 
New Zealand, and, in fact, of almost any other land. The Falcon, 
so famous in mediaeval times, is practically identical with the 
Falcon of Australia and Tasmania. The Australian Fish Hawk 
is the universal Fish Hawk or Osprey, for there is probably but 
one Osprey, having an almost world-wide range. The naming of 
these birds, though, has been a stumbling-block to us. To Aus- 
tralians they are all Hawks — even our gigantic and glorious Eagle 
has been reduced to the ignominious level of an *'Eaglehawk," 
though our male Eagle is the largest male Eagle known, outrival- 
ling, as it does, both the Bald Eagle of America and the Golden 
Eagle of Europe. A source of confusion, too, has arisen from 
the introduction of so many of our popular names from America, 
Thus, the Gum-tree (Eucalypt) is not a Gum, the 'Possum is not 
