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49. Nestor notabilis. — Kea. South Island, in Alpine regions. 

 52. Carpophaga nooa-zealandice. — Kereru, Kuku, Pigeon. 

 Both Islands, and Chatham Islands. 



54. Apteryx mantelli. — Northern Kiwi. 



56. A. oweni. — Grey Kiwi. Both Islands. 



55. A. oust ralis.— Southern Kiwi. 



57. A. haasti. — Roaroa, Kiwi, Karuai. South Island, in 

 Alpine regions. 



85. Ocydromw earli. — Weka, Northern Wood-hen. 



86. 0. australis. — Weka, Southern Wood-hen. 



87. 0. fuscus. — Black Weka. West Coast of South Island. 



88. 0. brachypterus. — South Island. 



93. Ortygometra affinis. — Koitareke, Water Crake. Both 

 Islands. Extremely rare everywhere. 



95. Xotornis mantelli. — Takahe ; Moho. Resolution and 

 Secretary Islands ; and at Barepatch, between Maruia and 

 Upokororo Rivers, east of Lake Te Anau. 



98. Casarca variegata. — Putangitangi, Paradise Duck. Both 

 Islands. 



100. Anas chlorotis. — Pateke, Brown Duck. Both Islands 

 and Chatham Islands. A very indifferent flier. 



102. hhynchaspis variegata. — Kuruwhengi, Shoveller. Both 

 Islands and Chatham Islands. Nowhere common. 



103. Hymenolaimus malacorlujnchns. — Whio, Blu3 Duck. 

 Both Islands. 



104. Fuligida nocm-zealandia. — Papango, Scaup, Black Teal. 

 Both Islands. Fiight very feeble. 



108. Pndiceps rujipectus. — Totokipio, Dabchick. Both 

 Islands. 



B. — Birds peculiar to the Off Islands. 



12. Anthornis tnelanocephala. — Korimako. Chatham Islands. 

 83. GaUinago aucklandica. — Snipe. Auckland Islands. 



89. Oabahis < Rallus j modestus. — Mangere Islands, Chatham 

 Islands. 



91. Eallus dieffienbachii.—M.oeriki. Chatham Islands. Ex- 

 tremely rare, if not extinct. Perhaps identical with No. 89. 



92. Rallus brachipus. — Auckland Islands. 



106. Mergus australis. — Merganser. Auckland Islands. The 

 only known Merganser ha the Southern Hemisphere. 



Cnemiornis calcitrans. — Tarepo. (Kaimanawa Range ?) 

 A large bird is mentioned in the Transactions of the N. Z. 

 Institute by, I believe, Mr. T. Cockburn Hood, as having been 

 killed by a settler's dogs ; which bird, if I remember rightly, 

 was supposed by the writer to be a Tarepc. 



