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natural arrangement is to keep the Kermadec Islands separate from Lord 

 Howe and Norfolk Islands. The two avifaunas (and floras) will thus be 

 grouped naturally according to their origin and characteristics. 



The following is a list of species of birds arranged in groups accord- 

 ing to their manner of occurrence : — 



Lord Howe Island. 

 Residen t La/id-birds — Breeding. 



Chalcophaps chrysochlora. 

 Nesolimnas sylvestris. 

 Notornis alba. , ., 



Ninox albaria. 



Cyanorhamphus subflavescens. 

 Halcyon vagans. 

 Gerygone thorpei. 

 G. insularis. 



Rhipidura cervina. 

 Turdus yinitincta. 

 Pachycephala contempt a. 

 Zosterops tephropleura. 

 Z. strenua. 

 Aplonis i'uscus. 

 Strepera graculina. 



Puffinus sphenurus. 

 P. carneipes. 

 Oestrelata montana. 

 Sterna fuliginosa. 



Sea-bird* — Breeding. 



Procelsterna cinerea. 

 Anous stolidus. 

 Sula cyanops. 

 Phaethon rubricauda. 



Visitor* — Sea-b i rds . 



Majaqueus aequinoctialis. 

 Prion desolatus. 

 Anous leucocapillus. 



Fregata ariel. 

 Phaethon lepturus. 

 Sula leucoga.ster. 



Arenaria interpres. 

 Charadrius dominicus. 

 Numenius variegatus. 

 N. cyanopus. 

 Erolfa aurita. 

 E. ferruginea. 



Visitors — Migrants. 



Limosa novae-zealandiae. 

 Tringa canutus. 

 Gallinago australis. 

 Chalcococcyx hicidus. 

 Eudynamys taitensis. 



Visitors — Occasional. 



Porphyrio melanonotus. 

 Charadrius bicinctus. 

 Notophoyx novae-hollandiae. 

 Nycticorax caledonicus. 

 Anas superciliosa. 

 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris. 

 P. melanoleucas. 



Circus gouldi. 

 Eurystomus pacificus. 

 Cuculus inornatus. 

 Cacomantis rufulus. 

 Coracina robusta. 

 Grallina picata. 



Phaps elegans. 

 Himantopus leucocephalus. 

 Herodias timoriensis. 

 Ardetta pusilla. 



Visitors— ^Accidental. 



Astur novae-hollandiae. 

 Haliaetus leucogaster. 

 Haliastur sphenurus. 



Chelidon neoxena. 



