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Collection of Birds from Western Australia . 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 125 inches ; expanse 
29 inches. 
[The White-fronted Falcon was plentiful in the inland 
districts of the south-west.— G. C. S.'] 
Lophoictinia isura Gould. 
Lophoictinia isura Math. p. 41. 
a. A • Dale River, 19th Dec. 
Iris yellow, freckled with brown ; cere and bill varying 
from a greyisli-white to a blackish-horn-colour at the tip; 
legs greyish-white. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 23 inches. 
[The Square-tailed Kite was occasionally met with in the 
south-west, but was not plentiful.— G. C. $.] 
FIaliastur sphenurus (Vieill.). 
Haliastur sphenurus Math. p. 41. 
a-c. d ? inim. Beechlands, 4th & 5th Feb. 
Iris brown ; bill of a horn-colour, darker at the tip ; cere 
of a horn-colour ; gape yellow; legs dusky white, claws of a 
slate-colour. 
[The Whistling-Eagle appears at irregular intervals, and 
was frequently plentiful in the south-west, where several 
might often be seen together. It was observed on Bernier 
Island.— G. C. £.] 
Haliaetus leucogaster (Gmel.). 
Haliaetus leucogaster Math. p. 41. 
Adult. King River. 
Bill of a duskv-slate-colour; legs greyish-white. 
[The White-bellied Sea-Eagle was not uncommon in the 
coastal districts, and was frequently observed on Bernier 
Island, where several pairs were breeding. This species i^ 
known as the “ Fish-Eagle” among the colonists.—G, C. $.] 
Eutolmaetus morphnoides Gould. 
Eutolmaetus morphnoides Math. p. 40. 
a . $. Clifton Downs, 13th Oct. 
Iris hazel; bill light bluish, blackish at the tip; leg& 
bluish-white. 
