. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE BKOWN HAWK 185 they are not at all partictilar whether it is a finch or a pigeon. Owing to their rapid flight they seem to be able to overtake any other bird on the wing. They were found in many places (in the Centre), but especially at rock-pools and waterholes, where no doubt food was most plen- tiful. At one pool a pair dashed into a flock of finches, seized a bird each, flew away, and in five minutes returned, appearing as if by magic, and repeated the ; Un- like our other Falcons this species builds a large nest, as large as that of a cr
. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE BKOWN HAWK 185 they are not at all partictilar whether it is a finch or a pigeon. Owing to their rapid flight they seem to be able to overtake any other bird on the wing. They were found in many places (in the Centre), but especially at rock-pools and waterholes, where no doubt food was most plen- tiful. At one pool a pair dashed into a flock of finches, seized a bird each, flew away, and in five minutes returned, appearing as if by magic, and repeated the ; Un- like our other Falcons this species builds a large nest, as large as that of a crow, in a lofty tree. It is composed of sticks, and lined with bark and soft materials; the eggs two or three, light-buff, blotched Australian Museum. and marked all over with Little Falcon: Faleo lunulatus. dark-buff, incheS X The striped Brown Hawk. Hieracidea berigora. The Brown Hawk. Hieracidea orientalis. The Brown Hawk all over Australia and Tasmania; the Striped or Western Brown Hawk in South Australia, Central and West. There is but little difference in size or plumage. Length of male inches, wing 13; of female 17, wing 14. Both are brown above, the Striped Hawk more sandy; the under surface of herigora is creamy white, with fine brownish shaft stripes, and the cere is pale yellow; the under surface of orientalis is creamy buff, the sides brown, and the cere is blue- grey. The plumage varies much with age. These Hawks are less fierce and daring than the Falcons, but by no means leave the poultry-yards immune, and small birds and quadrupeds are eagerly pursued. Gould found the Brown Hawk congregating in hundreds, in a district where a caterpillar plague was raging. The birds battened on the pest. In the Centre, when some of his party fired the spinifex. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the or
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