BIRDS. 



BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



As the species of Birds of New Zealand and the neighboimng Islands are scattered among numerous works, and 

 remain little known, it has been thought advisable to give a list of them, including those brought by the Antarctic 

 Expedition, and those obtained from other sources. 



The second Expedition under the command of Capt. Cook, was accompanied by John Reinhold Forster, and his 

 son, George Forster, as naturalists. The species discovered by them amounted to thirty-six. Their drawings having 

 remained in the possession of the late Sir Joseph Banks, were thus accessible to all scientific persons, and were exa- 

 mined and described by the late Dr. Latham, and by him inserted in his ' Synopsis of Birds,' with engravings of some 

 of the species, taken from Forster's Icones. The species characterized by Latham, were by Gmelin inserted in his 

 edition of the 'Systema Naturae,' with Latin specific names; and from this compiler they obtained places in the works 

 of subsequent authors. Latham also referred to six species as new, or described by older authors from other quarters, 

 as also found in New Zealand. Sparrman, Shaw and Kuhl, have each added one or more species to the Fauna of these 

 Islands. MM. Quoy and Gaimard, in the ' Zoology of the Voyage of the Astrolabe,' gave descriptions and figures of 

 eight new species ; and MM. Lesson and Garnot, in that of the Coquille, added four species : while the Chev. Dubus 

 has augmented the number of species by three; and MM. Hombron and Jacquemont by two. Four additional species 

 have been described by Mr. Gould ; and in the Appendix to Dieffenbach's ' Travels in New Zealand,' I gave descrip- 

 tions of eight species. These notices, together with those which I shall add for the first time in the present work, give 

 about a hundred and one species to the Ornithological portion of the Fauna of New Zealand, Chatham and Auckland 

 Islands. 



Family, Falconid.e, sides of the neck varied with rufous ; throat while ; wing- 



c- ur -1 1 r- I • coverts blackish brown, sometimes punctated on the ffreater 



Subfamily I. Falconin<B. ^^^,^^^^ ^^1^ g,.^^. ^^^ ^,^„^^^^j interiorly with white ; quills 



Falco Nov.e Zealandi^. nearly black, with white bands on the inner webs and 



„ , , ^ ^ . . ^„ T ■ , outer webs spotted with giey ; tail blackish brown, with 



Falco harpe, For>it. Deser. Amm. p. 68, et Icon. ined. interrupted white bauds; breast and upper part of abdo- 



36, 37 a/?rf 38. , , ^ r. • ., , , > ™6" rufous brown, spotted with rufous white ; abdomen 



New Zealand Falcon, Lath. Geii. Syn. i. 57 [not pi. 4). ^nd under tail coverts rufous white. 

 F. Novae Zealandia?, Gmel. Sy.st. Nat. 268: Lath. hid. Yuiuuj. Upper surface blackish brown, with the back 



Inn. 1. 28. ^f neck, back, wings and tail banded with greyish or ru- 



F. brunnea, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 139. foyg ^.jjite . ti^.o^j „.i,jie ; breast rufous white with oblon.' 



F. austrahs, Homb. et Jacq. Ann. des Set. 1841, p. 312: gp^js ^f brown ; sides brown spotted with white ; abdo" 



Voy. de la Pole Slid. Ots. f. 1. uien while with oblong brown marks ; thighs pale rufous 



Blackish brown ; eyebrows, line on each cheek and with dashes of brown. 



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