ACCIPITEH-AQUILA. 
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Genus ACCIPITER, Brisson. 
ACCIPITER CIRRHOOEPHALUS, Viailht, 
(A lorquatus, Vig. and llorsf.) 
Collared Sparrow-Hawk. 
Gould, Handbk. Bdx. A mt., Vol. i., sp. 19, p. 45. 
The nest is a scanty structure of a few sticks generally 
placed crosswise over a horizontal hough, whore twigs spring 
to support it, and is lined with leaves. Being often at a 
considerable distance from the ground and near the extremity of 
the boughs it is difficult to get at. The eggs are usually three for 
a sitting but sometimes only two, and are the smallest of any of 
our Australian i hawk's eggs, r lhe ground colour is greenish- 
white, with smears and specks of yellowish-buff, with here and 
there an irregular shaped spot of the same tint. Length (A) 
1-74 x 1-43 inches, (B) 1-8 x T42 inches. (Dobr. Mus. P.L.S. 
V. S. IT., Vol. .vii., p. 53. Ramsay.) 
]lab. Derby, N. V. Australia, Cape York, Rockingham Bay’ 
Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 
and South Australia, Tasmania, W. and S.W. Australia, South 
Coast New Guinea. ( Ramsay.) 
Sub-Family AQTJILINJE. 
Genus AQUILA, B risson. 
AQUILA AUDAX, Lath, 
Wedge-tailed Eagle. 
Gould, Ilarulb. lids. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 1, p. 8. 
“ The nests of this species are easily found, for, indeed, they are 
largo and conspicuous. They are often three feet high, and 
consist of a mass of sticks piled up between the forks of the 
