Stat. v.c. _swampy_ 20
Upper, head dark-brown; facial disc indistinct brown; under buffy-white streaked and tinged red-brown; upper base tail white; rest tail brownish-gray; f., larger. Reptiles, mice, birds.
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=153 Gray Goshawk= (New Holland, Gray-backed), _Astur clarus (cinereus)_, A.
v.r. _dense brushes_ 16.5
Upper gray; throat, under white finely barred gray; feet yellow, claws black; f., larger. Reptiles, mice, birds.
=154 White Goshawk=, _A. novae-hollandiae_, E.A., S.A., T.
r. _timber_ 16.5
Pure white; m., much smaller. Food as 153.
=155* Australian Goshawk=, Chicken-Hawk, _A. fasciatus (approximans)_, A., T., Norfolk Is., N. Cal. =vt. Eur.
Goshawk.
Stat. c. _timber_, f., 20; m., 15
Upper dark-brown; shoulder thigh rust-red; tail dark-brown barred black; throat buff; under buff barred brown; f., larger. Food as 153.
=156 Lesser Goshawk= (Western, Chestnut-colored), _A.
cruentus_, V. (acc.), W.A., N.W.A.
Stat. c. _timber_ 17
Back, wings, tail slaty-brown; chestnut-red, indistinct collar; under barred brown white; chin buffy-white; f., upper brown. Birds, mice, lizards.
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[Illustration: [184] [185] [191] [193] [194] [196] [197] [198] [199]]
=184= Blue Mountain Lorikeet =185= Musk Lorikeet =191= Gang-gang Cockatoo =193= Pink Cockatoo =194= Rose-breasted Cockatoo =196= Cockatoo-Parrot =197= Superb Parrot =198= Black-tailed Parrot =199= King Parrot
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[Illustration: [200] [202] [203] [204] [205] [206] [209] [213] [214]]
=200= Crimson Parrot =202= Rosella =203= Mallee Parrot =204= Blue Bonnet =205= Many-colored Parrot =206= Red-backed Parrot =209= Grass Parrot =213= Swift Parrot =214= Warbling Grass-Parrot
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[Illustration: [157] [158] [159] [160] [161] [162]]
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=157* Collared Sparrow-Hawk=, _Accipiter cirrhocephalus_, N.G., A., T. =vt. Eur. Sparrow-Hawk.
[~157 _Astur cirrhocephalus._]
Stat. r. _timber_, f., 14; m., 12
Head, upper brownish-gray; tail barred deep-brown; obscure collar reddish-brown; throat, under, thighs rufous barred white; f., much larger. Mice, birds.
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=158* Wedge-tailed Eagle=, Eaglehawk (e), _Uroaetus audax_, A., T. =vt. Eur. Golden Eagle (32in.).
Stat. c. _timber_, _plains_ 38
"Noble bird;" largest eagle known; upper, under blackish-brown; feathers edged pale-brown; hind-neck golden-brown; f., larger. Rabbits, rats, carrion.
1 4
=159 Little Eagle=, _Eutolmaetus morphnoides_, N.G., A.
r. _timber_ 22
Back of head, under rufous striped black; back, rump, wings brown; tail grayish-brown, barred blackish-brown. Carrion, rats, mice.
1 10
=160 White-bellied Sea Eagle=, _Haliaetus leucogaster_, Ind.
Malay to A., T., Oceania =vt. American Bald Eagle.
r. _shores_ 30
"Noble species;" white; wing-quills, base-tail blackish-brown; f., larger; young; head buff; upper wings chocolate-brown; under buffy-brown. Dead fish, shellfish. "Floats like a great butterfly."
2 4
=161 Whistling-Eagle= (-Hawk), _Haliastur sphenurus_, A., N.
Cal.
Nom. c. _swamps_, _shores_ 24
Under light sandy-brown streaked white; back, wings brown marked lighter, spotted white; tail ashy-brown; head, neck sandy streaked lighter; f., larger. Caterpillars, mice, rats, floating food.
1 6
=162 Allied Kite=, _Milvus affinis_, Sunda Is., Cel. to A.
=vt. Eur. Black Kite.
Nom. c. _open country_ 20