LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Pontoaetus Kaup, Classif. Saugeth. u. Vogel, p. 122, March 15th, 1844. Type (by subsequent designation) : 
P. macei = Falco lewcoryphus Pallas. 
Blagrus Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Bengal, p. 30, “ 1849 ” = (after June) 1852. Type (by monotypy and 
tautonymy) : Falco leucogaster Gmelin. 
217. CUNCUMA LEUCOGASTER. WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE. 
Gould, Vol. I., pi. 3 (pt. ii.), March 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. V., pt. 1, pi. 243, Nov. 5th, 
1915. 
Falco leucogaster Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. I., p. 257, July 25th, 1788. Loc. unknown = New SouthWales. 
Falco blagrus Daudin, Traite elem. Ornith., pt. ii., p. 70, May 14th, 1800 : “ South Africa” errore = New South 
Wales. 
Haliceetus sphenurus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. ni., pi. 39, April 1838 : Tasmania. 
Haliceetus leucogaster pallidus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTII., p. 248, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Derby, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CXCVX. Genus HALIASTUR. 
Haliastur Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Types Aves, p. 2 (note) and p. 3, 1840. Type (by original designation) : Hal. 
pondicerianus — Falco indus Boddaert. 
Ictinoaetus Kaup, Classif. Saugeth. u. Vogel, p. 122, March 15th, 1844. New name for Haliastur Selby. 
Dentiger Hodgson, in Gray’s Zool. Miscell., p. 81, June 29th, 1844. Type (by monotypy) : Dentiger pondicerianus— 
Falco indus Boddaert. 
Milvaquila Burmeister, Verzeichn. Zool. Mus. Halle, p. 24, 1850. New name for Haliastur Selby. 
Halinertus Heine und Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Heine Ornith., p. 267, (pref . Sept.) 1890. New name for Haliastur 
Selby. 
Ictiniastur Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. V., pt. 1, p. 146, Nov. 5th, 1915. Type (by original designation) : Milvus 
sphenurus Vieillot. 
218. HALIASTUR INDUS. WHITE-HEADED SEA EAGLE. 
[Falco indus Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum., p. 25, (pref. Dec. 1st) 1783 : Pondichery, India. Extra-limital.] 
Gould. Vol. I., pi. 4 (pt. xi.), June 1st, 1843. Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. V., pt. 1, pi. 244, 
Nov. 5th, 1915. 
Haliceetus leucosternus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. hi., pi. 40, April 1st. 1838 : New South Wales. 
Halicetus australis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 249, Jan. 31st, 1912. In synonymy, ex Gray MS., 
and id.. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 70, July 21st, 1917 : Parry’s Creek, North-west Australia. 
Haliastur indus subleucosternus Mathews, ib. : Derby, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
219. HALIASTUR SPHENURUS. WHISTLING EAGLE. 
Gould, Vol. I., pi. 5 (pt. xi.), June 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. V., pt. 2, pi. 245, Feb. 29th, 
1916. 
Milvus sphenurus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. XX., p. 564, May 30th, 1818 : “ Australasia ” = New 
South Wales. 
Haliceetus canorus Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 187, Feb. 17th, 1827 : New South 
Wales. 
Haliastur sphenurus territori Mathews, Austral. Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 88, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Mary River, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally ? Tasmania. 
CXCVII. Genus MILVUS. 
Milvus Lacepede, Tabl. Ois., p. 4, Dec. 1799. Species added by Daudin, in Hist. Nat. BufEon, ed. Didot, Quadr., 
Vol. XIV., p. 221 [1799 =] Oct. 1802. Type (by tautonymy) : Milvus vulgaris = Falco milvus Linne. 
Hydroictinia Kaup, Classif. Saugeth. u. Vogel, p. 115, March 15th, 1844. Type (by original designation): H. 
ater — Falco migrans Boddaert. 
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