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Transact ions. 



II. — List of Birds which heekd within the New Zealand Area — continued. 



Names as given in the "Index Faunae 



Novae-Zealandiae " or in the Supplement 



to Buller's Birds. 



Xtringops habroptilus 



t * * 

 * * * 



Nesierax novae -zea la ndiae 

 N. australis 

 Circus gouldi . . 



Cotu rn ix nova e-zealan dia e 



Hemiphaga novae-zealandiae 

 H . chatham.enais 



Hypotaenidia ph ilippensis 

 H. macquariensis 



H. muelleri 



Nesolimnas dieffenbachii 

 Cabalus modestus 

 Ocydromus australis = 0. 

 Gray 



earli 



Names as given in the "Reference List" of Mathews 

 and Ire dale. 



Fam. Strigopidae. 



Strigops habroptilus habroptilus Gray. South 



Island. 

 8. habroptilus innominatus subsp. nov.* 

 S. habroptilus parsonsi subsp. nov.f 



Order Accipitriformes. 



Fain. Falconidae. 



Nesierax novaeseelandiae Gmelin. " Quail-hawk." 



N. pottsi sp. nov. " Bush-hawk. "J 



Circus approximans drummondi subsp. nov. 



Order Galliformes. 



Fam. Phasiandiae. 



Coturtiix novae-zealandiae Quoy and Gaimard. 

 Extinct. 



Order Columbiformes. 



Fam. Trerovidae. 



Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae Gmelin. 

 H. novaeseelandiae rhathamensis Rothschild. 

 Chatham Islands. 



Order Ralliformes. 

 Fam. Eallidae. 



Hypotaenidia philippensis assimilis Gray. 

 H. philippensis macquariensis Hutton. 



quarie Island. 

 Rallus muelleri Rothschild. 

 Nesolimnas dieffenbachii Gray. 

 Cabalus modestus Hutton. 

 Gallirallus australis australis Sparrman. 



Island. 



Mac- 



South 



* Buller (Birds N.Z., 1873, p. 23, footnote) states that the only specimen of the 

 kakapo from the North Island is very small. The authors of the " Reference List " 

 write : " We are adopting the extreme course, and naming the race. Inasmuch as the 

 kakapo is flightless, there is every reason to suggest that the birds inhabiting the two 

 Islands should constitute recognizable races." 



f An extremely large form lives in the mountains of the north-west of the South 

 Island, and they name it ; but, as the authors note, Reischek maintains that of the 

 large series of birds collected by him at Dusky Sound (at the south-west of the South 

 Island) those living at the heights were larger and lighter than those at or near the 

 sea-level. 



J It may be noted that they adopt the view that there are two species of hawks ; 

 and, though the}' are unable to settle the question finally, they name the smaller form 

 N. pottsi, which agrees precisely in colour with the larger. At the same time they 

 express some doubt as to whether the small size is specific. It was necessary to choose 

 a new name, for they found that australis o iHombron and Jacqninot is not synonymous 

 with australis of Gmelin. 



