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FALCONID^E. 
brown markings, uniformly dispersed over die whole surface of 
the shell. A set taken by Mr. Joseph Hill, at Kewell, in the 
Wimmera District, Victoria, on the 9th September, 1SH7, measures 
length (A) 1 "98 x 155 inch; (B) 2 inches x 1-6 inch. 
The breeding season commences during the latter end of August 
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and continues the two following months. 
Hub. Derby, N.W. Australia, Interior, Victoria and South 
Australia, West and South-West Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus TINNUNCULUS, ViciUot. 
TINNUNCULUS CENOHltOIDES, Vigors and Horsjield. 
Nankeen Kestrel. 
Gould, Handbk. Jkls. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 13, p. 35. 
This species usually deposits its eggs, four in number for a 
sitting, on the decaying wood in a hollow limb of a tree, the 
eggs vary in form, from short to rounded ovals, and are of a reddish- 
white ground colour, minutely freckled, and heavily blotched all 
over with rich reddish-brown markings ; in some instances the 
blotches are confined entirely to the smaller end. On two occasions 
I have seen eggs of this species nearly white. A set taken at 
Cardington, on the Hell River, New South Wales, in September 
1S67, measure as follows: — length (A) 1'55 x 1T5 inch ; (R) 
1-48 x H8 inch ; (C) 1'5 x 1-2 inch ; (D) U48 x M9 inch. 
The breeding season comprises the months of September) 
October, and November. 
Ilab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Dawson River, New South Wales, Interior, \ ictoria and South 
Australia. (Ramsay.) 
