Order ACCIPITRES. 
Sub-Family ACCIPITRINiE. 
Genus CIRCUS, Laccpddc. 
CIRCUS ASSIMILIS, Jardine and Selby. 
( C. Jardinii, Gould.) 
Allied Harrier. 
Gould, Handbk. Birds A ns/., Vol. i., sp. 27, p. GO. 
Tlie nest of this species is a flat structure, outwardly composed 
of small sticks and twigs, lined inside with a few green 
Eucalyptus leaves, and usually placed among the thick branches 
of a low tree. Eggs two to three in number for a sitting, white, 
with a bluish-green tinge on the inner surface of the shell. 
Two specimens taken on the 30th September, 1881, measure in 
length (A) 2 x 15 inches ; (B) 2 - 05 x U55 inches. 
This species breeds during September and the two following 
months. 
Halt. Derby, N. W. Australia, Port Denison, Wide Bay, 
Richmond and Clarence River District, New South Wales, 
Interior, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Cobar 
and Bourlce Districts, Dawson River. [Ramsay.) 
A 
