90 ON THE ZOOLOGY OF LORD HOWE's ISLAND, 



of its fauna to that of New South Wales one would certainly 

 expect to find some trace of the genus left, but in all probability 

 the islands are the remains of a sunken Continent which had 

 never been connected with Australia. 



It may be worthy of notice that 21 out of the 32 genera found 

 on Lord Howe's Island have also representatives in New Zealand 

 and there is not one genus peculiar to the Island ; moreover it 

 must be remembered that, Norfolk and Philipp Islands, not so 

 far off, were inhabited by a genus of Parrot {Nestor) now strictly 

 New Zealand.* 



Of New South Wales species we find no less than 24 out of 

 34, and some of these are birds of weak flight, such as Pacliy- 

 cephala rujiventis, P. gutturalis, Myiagra ^lumlea. The occurrence 

 of a Strepera there, a strictly Australian genus is important. 



The genera Gerygone and Pseiidogerygone are found in New 

 Caledonia, New Zealand, and as far north as New Guinea, the 

 great stronghold of the genus is New Guinea and Australia. 

 Rhipidara, Pachycephala and Zosterops are found all through the 

 S. S. Islands and New Guinea as well as Australia, the genera 

 Cuculus, Chalcites, Eurystomus, Halcyon, JSfinox, Haliastur, 

 Haliaetus, HypotcBnidea, JSfycticorax, Ardetta, Cinches, Zimosa, 

 Anous, Phceton, and Procellaria, are found throughout the greater 

 portion of the Southern, and some of them also in the Northern 

 Hemisphere-! 



Since the above was written, one of the employees of the 

 Museum has returned from a visit to Lord Howe's Island made 

 on behalf of the Trustees, bringing with him a most interesting 

 collection on which I shall offer a few remarks in an early number 

 of this journal. 



* I am glad to say we have still ia the Museum a specimen of the now- 

 extinct Philipp Island Parrot, Nestor productus^ 



t Reported only, as ytt I have not any specimens of them. 



