EED GOSHAWK. 
not seen again until the middle of June, and then only occasionally flying 
at a great height. 
“ On 30th June a bird was noticed on the nest for the first time, and 
on the following day a single egg was secured, the shell of which was 
already chipped, but I managed to save it. Mr. W'hite describes it thus: 
Shape, round oval ; colour, dirty white, without markings ; shell rather 
coarse, and shows slight gloss ; dimensions 2.16 x 1.73 inches. As the nest 
had been examined at a distance almost daily since the beginning of May, 
and the sitting bird was not noticed until the end of June, I feel sure 
that the process of incubation was carried on by the heat of the sun 
during the day and by the birds only at night. The female bird was 
secured on 30th June, and by the 20th July the male had mated again 
and commenced a new nest in a tall cajuput, about 50 yards distant from 
the first nest. All attempts to procure the male failed. 
“ Measurements of birds in mm. : 
Total length. 
Wing. 
Tarsus. 
Bill. 
Tail. 
$ 
552 
390 
75 
• — 
250 
$ 
570 
380 
78 
30 
240.” 
Notes 
on this rare 
bird are so 
scant that 
the following 
recent ones 
should be collated. Macgillivray {Emu, Vol. XIII., p. 150, 1914) wrote: 
“ Noted on many occasions at both Sedan and Byromine. One that was 
shot for a specimen was eating a Galah at the time. This species also 
came under notice on the Leichhardt and Gregory Eivers.” 
Barnard, writing of the birds of the M’ Arthur Eiver, Northern Territory 
{Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 41, 1914), stated: “Only a few of these fine birds 
were seen. A nest found early in September contained one hard-set egg. 
A second nest, with two fresh eggs, was found a few days later, and 
under this nest lay the remains of a Nankeen Night-Heron. On visiting 
the nest exactly four weeks later, two fine eggs, evidently laid Jl?y the 
same pair of birds, were taken. While I was taking the eggs the male 
bird brought a Naked-eyed Partridge-Pigeon {Geophaps smitJii) with which 
to feed his mate.” 
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