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 Rh Colonel Legge and Mr. Campbell (vide letter from the Curator, Mr. R. Etheridge, junr.), and passed the list on to Mr. C. W. De Vis, who represented Queensland. Mr. George Mastei's, another member of the New South Wales committee, begged to decline acting on account of his many engagements.

As little time remained for the consideration of the list at the Brisbane Congress, Mr. De Vis (who stated that the Queensland branch of the committee was prepared to adopt the principles of popular nomenclature advocated in the preliminary list) suggested that it should be brought up at the Sydney Congress (1898) for final adoption, and that the main features of modern classification should be introduced in whatever form the list might appear.

The "Vernacular List" is now presented for adoption, the classification and scientific nomenclature being in accordance with the "Catalogue of Birds" of the British Museum, kindly extracted for the committee by Mr. Ed. Degen.

Secretary, Vernacular Names Committee.

ORDER— ACCIPITRES: BIRDS OF PREY.

Sub-order—Falcones: "Falcons."

FAMILY— FALCONIDÆ: "HAWKS."

L Circus assimilis (jardinii). "Spotted Harrier."

2. Circus gouldi (assimilis) "Harrier " (Swamp-hawk).

3. Astur (Leucospiza) cinereus. "Grey Goshawk."

4. Astur (Leucospiza) novæ-hollandiæ. "White Goshawk."

4a. Astur leucosomus. "Lesser White Goshawk."

5. Astur approximans. "Goshawk."

6. Astur cruentus. "Lesser Goshawk."

7. Accipiter cirrhocephalus. "Sparrow-hawk."

8. Urospizias radiatus. "Red Goshawk."

9. Uroaetus (Aquila) audax. "Wedge-tailed Eagle" (Eagle-hawk).

10. Nisretus (Aquila) morphnoides. "Little Eagle."

11. Haliaetus leucogaster. "White-bellied Sea-Eagle."

12. Haliastur girrenera. "White-headed Sea-Eagle."