10 
FALCONID/E. 
Dimensions of two eggs taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett at Ivanhoe, 
in October, 1884, length (A) 2-17 inches x 1-68 inch ; (B) 2-15 
x 1"71 inch. 
Three eggs in my collection, taken by Mr. Geo. Barnard of 
Goomooboolaroo, Duaringa, Queensland, during 1881, measure 
as follows : length (A) 2-22 inches x 1-G8 inch ; (B) 2-07 inches 
x l’G5 inch ; (C) 2-3 inches x Hi7 inch ; B and C are from the 
same nest. 
This bird commences to breed about the middle of September, 
and continues the two following months. 
Hah. Derby, N.W.A., Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf 
of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 
Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence River 
Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 
Australia, W. and S. W. Australia, South Coast New Guinea. 
{Ramsay.) 
Genus MILVUS, Cuvier. 
MILVTJS AFFINIS, Gould. 
Allied Kite. 
Gould, Handbk. Jlds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 21, p. 49. 
Eggs three for a sitting, of a dull white ground colour, with 
reddish irregular spots and dots. No. 1 has rather large spots, 
rather evenly dispersed over the surface. No. 2 has only a few 
spots and smears. Length (1) 1'84 x 1 '48 inch , (2) 1 7o x 1 3 
inches. (Dobr. Mus. P.L.S ., N.S.W., Vol. vii.,p.413. Ramsay.) 
Hah. Derby, N.W.A., Capo York, Rockingham Bay, Port 
Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 
and South Australia, W. and S.W. Australia, South Coast New 
Guinea. (Ramsay.) 
