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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
Eggs .—Two or three, buff, covered all over with reddish-brown 
markings; some have the markings more numerous about the centre 
of the eggs. Breeding-season: August to November. 
6. Black Falcon Falco subniger Gray 
sub-nl'-ger- —L., subniger, somewhat black. 
Distribution .—Australia generally. 
Notes .—Usually singly or in pairs, frequenting open and lightly 
timbered country, chiefly of the inland districts. Its flight is remarkably 
swift and it also possesses wonderful powers of endurance while on the 
wing. It preys on several species of Quail, the movements of which are 
followed by this Falcon. Besides Quail its food consists of larger birds 
inhabiting open areas, which it procures in the same manner as the other 
Falcons. 
Nest. A platform composed of sticks; generally a deserted nest of 
a Crow or another species of Hawk is used. 
Eggs .—Three or four, buff, closely sprinkled with spots of reddish- 
to°Decernber. P ur P bsb - brown markings. Breeding-season: September 
7. Brown Hawk Falco berigora Vigors and Horsfield 
berigora —the native name of this bird. 
Distribution. Australia generally, and Tasmania 
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placed in a forked branchnearTrf A s f c h s ,? lld w ‘** 1 i usually 
nest of a Crow 
blotche^someTave ^wdNdffitKd era " y c ? vcri:d ’«th reddish-brown 
have only a few dots of redd’ at tbe ar £ er en d, whereas others 
November, occasionally later. 1S ' brown - Breeding-season: June to 
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timbered coumry tn^co^sS areae” If 1 '' 3 ’ fre fl«enting open and lightly 
generally arriving in the south and = ap ? ears to be migratory in habits, 
departing about November It south-eastern districts during May, 
of farms, either flying over'oaddnrkl^ 6ntlly seen in th e neighbourhood 
g over paddocks and crops or else perched on fences, 
