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38. Janelln hitentaculata, Quoy and Gaimard. 



39. Elica coresia, Gray. In deaJ trees. 



40. E. jejfreijsiana, Pfeiffer. 



41. Rlujtida greenwood i. Gray. Under damp leaves, near the 



roots of pukapuka or pukatea. 



42. Leptopoma, sp. Under dead leaves in forest ranges. 



II. FEESHWATEE MULLUSCA. 



43. Limnaa arguta, Hutton. On leaves in swamps. 



44. Bulinus variabilis, Gray. In running streams. 



45. Planorhis corinna, Gray. On leaves of swamp plants. 



46. Melanopsis trifasciata, Eeeve. In the Kaueranga Eiver. 



47. Potamopyrgus cumingiana, Fischer. On cress in rivulets. 



48. P. corolla, Gould. 



49. P. antipodum. 



50. P. pupoides. 



51. Pisidium neozelanica. At the roots of swamp plants. 

 62. Mytibis ater / In the Kaueranga Eiver. 



Art. XXI. — Description of the Little Barrier or Hauturu Island, 

 the Birds ivhich inhabit it, and the Locality as a Protection 

 to them. 



By a. Eeischek, F.L.S. 



[Read before the Auckland Institute, \Wi November, 1886.] 



Having heard the practical and beneficial proposals to 

 science and agriculture made by Judge Fenton at the last 

 meeting of this Institute, I thought it might be useful to give a 

 brief and general description of Hauturu Island, which I have 

 visited five times, spending in all about ten months, searching 

 and cutting tracks in various directions. Hauturu Island is 

 situated 12 miles in a north-easterly direction from Eodney 

 Point. The island is, in a straight line from north to south, 

 4|- miles, from east to west 3^ miles, in extent, and rises about 

 2,888 feet above sea-level. It is very broken, except on the 

 south-eastern portion, where there is a small flat, and a few 

 slopes grown over with grass, ferns, and small ti-tree ; these 

 places were cleared by cutting firewood. A main range runs 

 across the island from w-est to east, which in places is very 

 narrow and steep. The Island is well timbered, and there are 

 some very fine kauris in the interior. 



