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Sea hawk.
Pandion haliaetus cristatus Vieillot
Osprey, Fishhawk
Range.- Sunda Islands, New Guinea Region, Australian Region, New Caledonia; not yet found in Loyalty Islands.
Description.- As everywhere.
Collecting.- Brasil has separated the New Caledonian bird as microhaliaetus on account of its supposedly smaller size. A series would be welcome to settle the differences.