10 



Society Cuckow, Lath. Si/ii. ii. 514. 

 Cuculiis taitensis, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 32. Voy. de 

 la Coq. Zool. i. ;). 623. 



Cuculiis taitius, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 412. 



Brown, liansvcisely banded and longitudinally streaked 

 on the head and neck, with rufous ; under surface white 

 with longitudinal streaks down the middle of each feather 

 of brownish black ; wing-coverts brown, banded with ru- 

 fous and tipped with white ; quills brown, banded with 

 rutbus ; tail brown, numerously banded with rufous and 

 tipped with white. 



Length, 1 foot 4Hnches; bill from gape, 1 inch 10 lines; 

 wings, 7j inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 3 lines. 



When young, the feathers of the back, quills and se- 

 condaries are tipped with white, and the under surface is 

 tinged with rufous. 



This bird is the Kohepuroa or Koekoea of the natives. 

 It is migratory, says Dr. Dieffenbach, and appears on the 

 coast in the month of December. Forster has neither in his 

 MSS. or drawings recorded it as a native of New Zealand. 



From Mr. P. Earl's note we learn that it comes from the 

 north to the neighbourhood of Port Nicholson in the month 

 of October, and returns in April. They are also found as 

 far south as Otago in the South Island, but they are scarce 

 and very shy. 



Chrysococcyx lucidus. 



Cuculus nitens, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 151. Icon. ined. 

 57. 



Shining Cuckow, Lath. Syn. ii. 528, pi. 23. 



Cuculus lucidus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. \. 421. Temm. PI. 

 Col. 102,/. 1. 



Shining bronzy green ; forehead, cheeks and beneath the 

 body white, transversely banded with shining bronzy green ; 

 tail shining bronzy green, with some of the lateral feathers 

 spotted on the sides and tipped with white. 



Length, 7 inches ; bill from gape, 8 lines ; wings 4j 

 inches ; tarsi, 9 lines. 



" Habitat ad ^Estuarium Eeginae Charlotlag in sylvis (et 

 ad Caput Bonaj Spei (.?)." Forster. 



This bird is closely allied to the Australian species, but 

 appears larger in all its proportions ; the transverse bands 

 of the under surface are wider ; the outer tail-feathers have 

 four large spots and one small spot at the base ; while the 

 Australian species has five spots, which are all large, and 

 equal in size : the feathers of the back are more of a gold- 

 en green than in the Australian bird ; and other differen- 

 ces are also distinguishable by comparison. 



It is the Poopoo arouro or Pipiwawarou of the natives. 

 Dr. Dieffenbach remarks, that like the former bird, it is 

 migratory, and apjiears near the coast in the same month. 

 He also observed that it lays its eggs in the nests of smaller 

 birds, especially in that of the Fan-tailed Flycatcher {Rhi- 

 pklura JIabeUifera). It arrives, says Mr. P. Earl, at Port 

 Nicholson, in the beginning of October, returning north in 

 March : it possesses a very strong flight and is exceedingly 

 shy ; its notes are like the sound of Kui kui tioro. He ex- 

 amined the stomach of one, and found several caterpillars 

 in it. 



Family, Colcmbid.e. 



Subfamily, ColumbiiKB. 



Carpophaga nov^ Zealandi^. 



Columba argetrsea, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 9iQ. Icon, hi- 

 ed. 137. 



New Zealand Pigeon, Lath. Syn. 



Columba nova; Zealandia;, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 773. 



Columba zealandica, Lath. hid. Orn. 



Columba leucogaster, Wayl. 



Top of the head, back and sides of the neck, upper part 

 of the back and wing-coverts, coppery purple ; head, fore 

 part of the neck, breast and outer portion of the wings, se- 

 condaries and lower part of the back, rich coppery green ; 

 abdomen and lower part of the breast pure white ; quills 

 bluish green, with lengthened spots of grey on the outer 

 webs near the base, the tips of the inner ones black ; tail 

 black, tinged with blue green, tipped with pale brown. 



Length, 1 foot 7 J inches; bill from gape, 1 inch 3 lines; 

 wings, lOj inches ; tarsi, l^- inch. 



" Habitat in insula Australi Novte Zealandiae. Victitat 

 baccis Coriariae sarmentosa; et Coccolobse australis." — 

 Forster. 



According to Forster's drawings it is the Hagarreroo, 

 but by other writers it is said to be the Kuku or Kukupa 

 of the natives. 



This fine bird is closely allied to the Australian Carpo- 

 phaga spadicea, but which differs by the wings and lower 

 parts of the back being silvery grey, more or less tinged 

 with green. In the young birds the purplish ferruginous 

 is more or less wanting. 



MM. Hombron et Jacquinot have described a species 

 with the name of Columba spadicea leucophaa (Ann. des 

 Sci. Nat. 1841, 319), in the following terms. " Back and 

 wing-coverts undulated with rufous ; head, occiput, cheeks 

 and back of neck, grey, marked with paler; quills and tail 

 sooty grey, the latter tipped with white ; under part of the 

 throat and breast brownish grey, traversed with grey more 

 or less pure ; belly and luider tail-coverts white." This 

 description most likely refers to the very young bird of 

 this species. 



Latham has recorded two other species of pigeons, as 

 found in New Zealand, namely, Columba cenea, var. 0. and 

 Columba brunnea ; it is extremely doubtful whether these 

 birds are inhabitants of that f)art of the world. 



Among the notes of Mr. P. Earl I find the following de- 

 scription of a species of pigeon. " Head and neck white, 

 the former crested ; scapulars very light brown ; the belly 

 and breast white." Several specimens of this were seen at 

 Tautuku, and near the Molyneux River. 



Family, Teteaonid^. 

 Subfamily, Perdicinw. 



COTUENIX NOV.E ZeALANDI^. 



Plate 8. 



Coturnix novae Zealandiae, Qtioi/ et Gaim. Voy. de PAs- 

 trol. Zool. i. 242. Ois. t. 24,/. 1, (femelle). 



Male. Upper surface brownish ferniginous varied with 

 black, with a narrow white streak down the shaft of each 



