HORN EXPEDITION — ANTIIUOPOLOOV. 
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Eagle-hawk. Aquila audax. 
(a) Fingers and thumb crooked like the talons of a bird. The hand in this 
position is moved as if pouncing down upon its prey, the fingers and thumb being 
closed when the hand is at the bottom of the strike. Afterwards the hand is 
lifted up as if holding the prey, and the thumb moved inwards as if killing it 
(Fig. L). 
Spencer, Ayers Rock. 
Native name, “ Kartu-wara.” 
(/;) Fingers loosely extended and slightly separated and whole hand moved 
slowly up and down from wrist as if imitating the motion of wings. 
Stirling, Gill’s Range. 
(This seemed to apply to all large flying birds generally.—E. C. S.) 
(^r) Hand prone; fingers extended and loosely held together. Thumb extended 
from the hand and the whole hand is moved upwards and downwards from the 
wrist so as to imitate the movement of the wings. 
Gillen, Alice Springs. 
Native name, “ Ir-ritcha.” 
[Note by Mr. Gillen.—This sign applies to birds generally]. 
(a) I., II. and III. extended, IV. and V. closed. Hand in this position is 
moved leisurely up and down so as to imitate the steady, slow flapping of the 
wings (Fig. M). 
Spencer, Ayers Rock. 
(d) Hand prone, II. and III. extended, IV. and V. bent but not closed upon 
the palm. The tip of the thumb is placed on the first joint of IV. ; II. and III. 
are moved up and down and alternately closed and separated. 
Gillen, Alice Springs. 
Native name, “Ungippa.” 
