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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum, Sydney, N. S. W: Parts 1 and 2, Accipitres and Striges The total number examined of specimens belonging to this group (diurnal Birds of Prey) amounted to over 250, of which mo, comprising 26 species, are in the Museum collection and for this ample display we are chiefly indebted to the exertions of our talented late Collector and Assistant Curator, Mr. George Masters, now in charge of the Macleay Collection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.