12tf Transactions. — /Soolot/ij. 



family party, the two old birds and four young ones, preening 

 their feathers in the sun, and keeping together in a most sociable 

 manner. 



111. Larus dominicanus, LicJit. — Black-backed Gull. 



112. Larus scopulinus, Forst. — Mackerel Gull. 



114. Sterna caspia, Pall. — Large Tern. 



115. Sterna frontalis. Gray. — Sea Swallow. 



116. Sterna Antarctica, Forst. — Common Tern. 



117. Sterna nereis, Gould. — Little Tern. 

 Only after or during heavy weather. 



119. Diomedea exulans, L. 



120. Diomedea melanophrys, Bote. — Mollymawk. 

 One picked up on the Tongoio beach, March, 1884. 



129. Puffinus brevicaudus, Brandt. 



130. Puffinus tristis, Forst. — Mutton Bird. 



188. Procellaria fuliginosa, Kuhl. — Sooty Petrel. 



143. Prion turtur, Sol. — Dove Petrel. 



144. Prion vittatus, Gml. — Broad-billed Dove Petrel. 



149. Dysporus serrator, Banks. — Gannet. 



150. Phalacrocorax nowe-hollandi^;, Gould. — Black Shag. 

 This bird is at present a proscribed individual, a reward of 



Is. 6d. being offered for every head. 



156. Phalacrocorax brevirostris, Gould. — White-throated Shag. 



This small Shag breeds in trees by the side of the Petane 

 River, some distance above the confluence of the Kaiwaka 

 Stream. 

 159. Phalacrocorax punctatus, Sparrm. — Spotted Shag. 



Of the Spotted Shag, I have seen but two specimens in the 

 harbour ; one was shot at Kaierero in 1882. 



169. Eudyptes pachyrhynchus. — Crested Penguin. 

 175. Eudyptula minor, (?) Forst. 



I saw one swimming in the surf in January, 1884. Very 

 scarce on this coast. 



