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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.

=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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=174 White-headed Osprey=, Fish Hawk, Pandion leucocephalus, Mol., N.G., A., T. =vt. cos. bird.

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