BLACK-CHEEKED FALCON. 
of the results of Northern study alone. In the present case the variation 
seen in the Western bird, which is here fully described and figured, is not seen 
in those from East Australia, which are moreover “ larger ” not “ smaller.” 
The former word was written instead of reversing it and writing the latter, 
when translating my notes to paper. Since then I have seen many more 
Eastern specimens and am not sorry that I created the new name, as I 
have still to meet with a similar bird from the East. Under these 
circumstances the name must be maintained, notwithstanding Dr. Hartert’s 
criticism. 
T stiU admit 
Rhynchodon 'peregrinus macropus Swainson. 
East Australia. 
Rhynchodon peregrinus suhmelanogenys Mathews. 
West Australia. 
The following note by Mr. Tom Carter refers to the Western form : “ The 
Black-cheeked Falcon occurs sparingly in the South-west. On November 18th, 
1910, Mr. J. Russell said he saw a nest with young birds in a large date 
tree at the Pallenup River, S.E. from Broome Hill, and he watched the old 
bird feeding them. In the dense Marlock thickets that occur in that 
neighbourhood the Leipoa is still fairly abundant, and some of them are 
occasionally killed by these Falcons. Mr. Russell told me that the young 
birds mentioned above left the nest on December 12, 1910, and were being 
fed by one of the parents. I have a skin of an adult ^ shot on the Pallenup 
River on June 18, 1910.” 
I have indicated above that Latham did not give a name to the Watling 
Drawing, but I find that in the General History of Birds, Vol. I., p. 228, 1821, 
he did describe it under the name “ Bird Hawk,” as follows : 
“ Length 14 or 15 inches ; the general make rather stout. Bill lead- 
colour ; cere jT^ellowish ; top of the head and sides below the eyes black, 
giving the appearance of a hood ; the black continues on the nape and\ all 
the under-parts of the body, but inclines to blue on the back and wing- 
coverts, where the middle of the feathers is marked with black ; chin and 
throat white with a few dusky streaks, but from the breast the whole of the 
under-parts crossed with the numerous slender dusky bars, almost touching 
each other ; tail marked with seven or eight pale ones on the inner webs, 
appearing beneath ; shafts white ; wings long, reaching to the end of the tail ; 
legs pale yellow. 
“ Inhabits New South Wales ; said to live on small birds, fish and 
reptiles.” 
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