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Upper glossy brown; wing-quills black; slightly-forked tail brown; under rufous-brown; chest dark lines; f., sim.
Scavenger, birds.
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[Ill.u.s.tration: [163] [164] [165] [166] [167] [168]]
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=163 Square-tailed Kite=, _Lophoictinia isura_, A. =vt. Eur.
Common Kite.
r. _timber_, _plains_ 19
Neck, shoulders, under reddish-orange; chest marked black; head streaked black; abdomen, flanks barred lighter; upper blackish-brown; square tail brownish-gray; f., larger.
Caterpillars, birds.
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=164 Black-breasted Buzzard=, _Gypoictinia melanosternum_, A.
(interior).
v.r. _timber_, _plains_ 23
"Fine species;" crown, face, chest, abdomen black; flanks chestnut; hind-neck light-brown; upper brownish-black; wing-quills white base, rest black; this white patch gives appearance of window in wing when flying; f., larger. Animals.
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=165* Australian Black-shouldered Kite=, _Ela.n.u.s axillaris_, A.
Mig. r. _open plains_ 12.5
Upper delicate-gray; head, under white; jet black shoulder, patch under wing; tail grayish-white; f., sim. Insects, reptiles.
=166 Letter-winged Kite=, White-breasted Sparrow Hawk (e), _E.
scriptus_, E.A., S.A., W.A.
r. _plains (interior)_ 12.5
Like 165, but more black on under angle of wing gives letter W when wings expanded; f., sim. Insects.
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=167* Black-cheeked Falcon=, _Falco melanogenys_, A., T. =vt.
Eur. Peregrine Falcon.
Stat. c. _plains_, _coast_, _rocky_ 15
Crown, side of head black; upper-breast creamy spotted black; rest of under barred black, reddish-gray; upper, wings, tail dark-gray; tail barred brown, gray; f., larger. Birds.
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=168 Gray Falcon=, Blue (Smoke) Hawk, _F. hypoleucus_, A. =vt.
Eur. Gyrfalcon.
v.r. _timber_, _plains_ f., 17; m., 12
"Rare beautiful falcon;" bluish-white below; grey above; tail barred gray, brown. Birds.
=169 Black Falcon=, _F. subniger_, A.
v.r. _plains (inland)_ 17
Dark, sooty-brown, paler below; chin whitish; f., larger.
=170* Little Falcon= (White-fronted), Duck Hawk (e), Australian Hobby, _F. lunulatus_, A., T., =vt. Eur. Hobby.
Stat. c. _plains_ f., 13.5; m., 11.5
Forehead white; upper grayish-black; cheeks black; tail barred gray, chestnut; throat buff; chest reddish-buff, striped dark-brown; under, thighs reddish; incomplete whitish collar; f., larger. Birds, insects.
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=171 Striped Brown Hawk= (Western, Orange-speckled), _Hieracidea berigora_, A.
[~171 _Ieracidea berigora._]
v.c. _swampy_, _plains_ 17
Upper dark-brown; wings spotted reddish; incomplete collar, under buff-white striped dark-brown; throat whitish; naked skin round bill yellow; tail barred dark-brown, gray; f., larger. Caterpillars, insects, birds.
=172* Brown Hawk=, _H. orientalis_, A., T.
[~172 _Ieracidea orientalis._]
Stat. v.c. _timber_ 17
Head, upper dark-brown; line over eye, throat buff; under buff spotted rust-brown; tail brown barred rust-red; Skin round bill bluish; f., larger. Food as 171.
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=173* Nankeen Kestrel=, Windhover, Mosquito Hawk, Sparrowhawk (e), _Cerchneis cenchroides_, A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Kestrel.
Stat, v.c. _timber_, _plains_ 11.5
Upper cinnamon-red, spotted black; tail rufous, faintly banded black above, tipped white, then black bar; side neck, throat, abdomen, under tail white; chest buff striped black; f., larger. Insects, mice.
F. 69. PANDIONIDAE (1), OSPREYS, 6 sp.--3(0)A., 5(1)O., 1(0)P., 1(0)E., 1(0)Nc, 1(0)Nl.
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