LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Elanus scriptus Gould, Birds Austr., pfc. ix. (Vol. I., pi. 24), Dec. 1st, 1842 : South Australia = Cooper’s Creek. 
Elanus scriptus victorianus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 70, July 21st, 1917 : Victoria. 
Distribution. Australia generally, interior districts. 
CCI. Genus LOP HAST UR. 
Lophastur Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. XL, pt. i., p. 463, 1842. Type (by monotypy) : L. jerdoni— 
Lophotes reinwardti, Muller und Schlegel. 
225. LOPHASTUR SUBCRISTATUS. CRESTED HAWK. 
Gould, Vol. I., pi. 25 (pt. xiv.), March 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. V., pt. 2, pi. 251, Feb. 
29th, 1916. 
Lepidogenys subcristatus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. m., pi. 46, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Baza subcristata queenslandica Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 251, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mackay, Queensland. 
Lophastur subcristatus Jcempi Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. V., pt. 2, p. 220, Feb. 29th, 1916 : Skull Creek, Cape 
York, North Queensland. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland. 
Family FALCONID/E. 
CCII. Genus FALCO. 
Falco Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed., p. 88, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by subsequent designation, Amer. O. U. Comm. 
Check-List N. Amer. Birds, p. 193, 1886) : Falco subbuteo Linne. 
Hypotriorchis Boie, Isis, 1826, heft 10, col. 976, Oct. Type (by monotypy) : Falco subbuteo Linne. 
Dendrofalco Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed., p. 3, April 1840. Type (by original designation) : Falco subbuteo 
Linne. 
226. FALCO LONGIPENNIS. LITTLE FALCON. 
Gould, Vol. I., pi. 10 (pt. v.), Dec. 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. V., pt. 2, pi. 252, Feb. 29th, 
1916. 
Falco lunulatus Latham, Index Omith., Suppl., p. xiii., after May 1801 : New South Wales. 
Not Falco lunulatus Daudin, Traite elem. Omith., Vol. 2, p. 122, May 14th, 1800. 
Falco longipennis Swainson, Anim. in Menag., p. 341, Dec. 31st, 1837 : Tasmania. 
Falco frontatus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. in., pi. 42, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Falco rufiventer Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1837, p. 97, May 25th, 1838. Nom. nudum. 
Falco lunulatus murchisonianus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 252, Jan. 31st, 1912 : East Murchison, West 
Australia. 
Falco lunulatus apsleyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 33, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, Northern 
Territory. \ \ 
Falco melanotus White and Mellor, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 164, Jan. 1st, 1913 : Flinders Island, Bass Straits. 
Not Falco melanonotus Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 16, 1790, before Dec. 9th, nor Falco melanotus 
Shaw, Gen. Zool., Vol. 7, pt. i., p. 86, 1809. 
Falco longipennis samueli Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. V., pt. 2, p. 232, Feb. 29th, 1916. New name for Falco 
melanotus White and Mellor. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
227. FALCO HYPOLEUCUS. GREY FALCON. 
Gould, Vol. I., pi. 7 (pt. v), Dec. 1st, 1841 ; (pt. xxxvi.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. V., 
pt. 2, pi. 253, Feb. 29th, 1916. 
Falco hypoleucos Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 162, July 1841 : West Australia (60 miles from Swan 
River). 
Falco hypoleucus ashbyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 4, p. 73, Dec. 29th, 1913 : South Australia. 
Distribution. Australia. ? Interior portions only. 
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