So far as our present knowledge extends, the members of this genus are only three in number, all of which are confined to Australia and New Zealand.
| 11. Ieracidea Berigora | Vol. I. Pl. [11]. |
- Ieracidea Berigora, Kaup, Class, der Säug. und Vög., p. 112.
Professor Kaup considers this species and the succeeding one, I. occidentalis, to be identical, but having had numerous opportunities of observing them, I am satisfied that they are distinct; and in confirmation of this opinion I may state that the I. Berigora, which is from the eastern coast, is always the largest, has the cere blue-grey, and the plumage of the adult light brown, sparingly blotched with white on the breast; while the I. occidentalis, from the western coast, is a more delicately formed bird, has the cere yellow and the breast white, with faint lines of brown down the centre of each feather.
| 12. Ieracidea occidentalis, Gould | Vol. I. Pl. [12]. |
Genus Tinnunculus, Vieill.
| 13. Tinnunculus Cenchroïdes | Vol. I. Pl. [13]. |
- Cerchneis immaculatus, Brehm, Isis.
A beautiful representative of the Kestrils of Europe and India, where, as well as in Africa and in most parts of America, members of this group are to be found.
The range of the Tinnunculus Cenchroïdes extends over the whole of the southern parts of Australia, and that it extends far towards the northern portion of the country is proved by Mr. Gilbert having found it, as well as its nest, during the expedition of Dr. Leichardt from Moreton Bay to Port Essington.