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take four on their island. Mr. Brent writes: — “I have taken several 
nests of this interesting hawk, and have been present at the taking of 
others, and in every instance except one the nest contained a whole 
clutch of four eggs. Only three days ago (the 20th October, 1894) 
I took a nest containing four eggs from a large stringybark eucalypt 
in Glenorchy. The nest was about 80 feet from the ground, and was 
a flat structure of fine sticks about 18 to 20 inches across, and was 
lined about 8 to 10 inches across with green gum lea ves, while the inside 
shallow basin or cavity for the eggs was about 5 or 6 inches across.” 
Asttjr critentus, Gould. 
(Lesser Goshawk.) 
Figure. — Gould : “ Birds of Australia,” fob, vol. i, pi. 18. 
Previous Descriptions of Fqqs. — Campbell: Proc. llov. Soc. 
Victoria (1890). 
Geographical Distribution. — West and North Australia, and 
Victoria (casual). 
Nest. — Constructed of dead sticks, lined inside with finer material, 
including probably green leaves, and placed on the horizontal fork of 
a tall tree. 
Fggs. — Clutch, 2-3 ; roundish in shape, with dull or lustreless sur- 
face ; colour bluish-white. One specimen in a clutch of two possesses 
a few smudges of reddish-brown. Dimensions : (1) 4*4 x 3 46 cm • 
(2) 4*33 x 3*43 cm. 
Observations. — As Gould observes, this Goshawk is an intermediate 
size between the Australian Goshawk (. Astur appro ximans) and the 
Collared Sparrow-hawk ( Accipiter cirrhocephalus). It is more par- 
ticularly a western bird, but probably ranging to Northern Australia ; 
while individuals casually reach eastern parts. 
Principal breeding months are October, November, and December. 
Urospizias radiatus, Latham, 
(Bed Goshawk.) 
Figure . — Gould : “ Birds of Australia,” fob, vol. i., pi. 16. 
Previous Descriptions of Fqqs. — Barnsay : P.L.S., N.S.W., 
2nd ser., vol. i., p. 1141 (1886); Campbell: “Victorian Naturalist” 
(1886); North: Catalogue Nests and Eggs Australian Birds, app. 
(1890). 11 
Geographical Distribution. — South Queensland and New South 
Wales, and probably the interior of both Northern Territory and South 
Australia. 
Nest. — Somewhat large, constructed of sticks lined inside with 
twigs and eucalypt leaves, and placed in a lofty tree, usually a eucalypt. 
Fqqs. — Clutch, 2-3 ; roundish in shape ; surface somewhat rough 
and without lustre; colour uniform dull or bluish- white. One example 
in a pair has a few blotches, spots, and other irregular markings of 
dark -brown. Dimensions in centimetres : (1) 5*58 x 4*57 ; (2) 5*46 x 
4*62. Two examples of a second clutch of three, which were all 
without markings, give — (1) 5*73 x 4*57 ; (2) 5*53 x 4*64. 
Observations. — This rare and powerful Goshawk is an inhabitant 
chiefly of the interior. The eggs were first brought to scientific light 
by the late Mr. George Barnard, of Coomooboolaroo, Central Queens- 
land, whose good name was, and is now through his sons, a house- 
hold word amongst natural history collectors in Australia. The 
