LOPHOICTINIA—GYPOICTINIA. 
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Genus LOPHOICTINIA, Kaup. 
LOPHOICTINIA ISURA, Gould. 
Square-tailed Kite. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust , Yol. i., sp. 22, p. 51. 
Isest, of sticks and twigs rather loosely constructed, and lined 
" a ^ cw Eucalyptus leaves, placed in a fork of some of the 
higher branches of the trees, or in the interior where the trees are 
stunted and low, in any suitable branch that will bear its weight. 
Eggs two to three in number, the ground colour white, on the 
thicker end are blotches, smudges and scattered irregular spots of 
reddish-brown or rusty-red, with minute dots here and there 
spiinkled over the surface, frequently one egg in a set is blotched 
at the thin end, some are more heavily and deeply marked than 
others, one specimen is covered (more numerously at the thin end) 
with irregular freckles only, in many places superimposed. Length 
(A) 2-03 x 1-57 ; (B) 1-97 x 1-76 ; (C) 2-06 x 1-67 inches. (Mus. 
Dobv. P.L.S., JST.S. IK, Vol, vii, p. 53, Ramsay.) 
Uab. Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 
and South Australia, W. and S.W. Australia. ( Ramsay.) 
Genus GYPOICTINIA, Kaup. 
GYPOICTINIA MELANOSTERNON, Gould. 
Black-breasted Buzzard. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 20, p. 47. 
Respecting the nidification and habits of this species Mr. K. 
H. Bennett writes as follows : _ 
“ihc range of this bird — so far as my experience goes — is 
confined to the plains which border the banks of the Murrumbidgeo 
and Lachlan Rivers, and the wide expanse of open country on 
the north bank of the latter stream appears to be its especial 
