=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 [Page 78] [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 [Page 80] [Illustration: [157] [158] [159] [160] [161] [162]] 1 42 =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. [Page 81] 1 1 =158* Wedge-tailed Eagle=, Eaglehawk (e), _Uroaëtus 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=, _Eutolmaëtus 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=, _Haliaëtus 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 Upper glossy brown; wing-quills black; slightly-forked tail brown; under rufous-brown; chest dark lines; f., sim. Scavenger, birds. [Page 82] [Illustration: [163] [164] [165] [166] [167] [168]] 1 1 =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. 1 1
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