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Thinornis Rossii. 

 Plate 11. 



Blackish brown, lighter on the wings ; forehead, cheeks, 

 sides, fore part of neck, and a narrow collar round the neck 

 brownish black ; band across the head, over the eyes and 

 extending down to the nape, breast and abdomen, margins 

 of secondaries, some of the tertials margined or entirely, 

 and the outer tail-feathers, pure white ; sides of the breast 

 and abdomen varied with blackish-brown feathers. 



Length, 8 inches; bill from gape, 11 lines; wings, 5 

 inches ; tarsi, 9J lines. 



A single specimen of this bird was brought by the Expe- 

 dition from Auckland Island. 



Thinornis nov.e Seelandi^. 



Plate 11.* 



Charadrius torquatula, Forst. Desc. Aiiim. p. 108. Icon, 

 ined. 121. 

 New Zealand Plover, Lath. Syn. v. 206, pi. 83. 

 Charadrius nova; Seelandise, Gmel. Sysl. Nat. i. 684. 

 Charadrius dudoroa, Wagl. Syst. Av. 



Greyish brown ; forehead, cheeks and fore part of neck, 

 and a ring round the nape, black; throat varied with 

 white ; band across the head, extending over the eyes to 

 the nape, breast and abdomen, pure white; quills blackish 

 brown, with a white mark down the shaft of each ; margins 

 of the secondaries and some of the tertials margined or en- 

 tirely white ; middle feathers of the tail blackish brown, 

 lateral feathers white, with the second and third with a 

 black spot near the end. 



Length, 7| inches ; bill from gape, 1 inch ; wings, 4| 

 inches ; tarsi, 1 1 lines. 



" Habitat ad ostia rivulorum et littora maris glareosa in 

 insula australi Nova; Zeelandiae in Portu Obscuro." Forst. 



According to Forster's drawing it is called by the natives 

 Doodooroo attoo, and was found at Queen Charlotte's Bay. 



Mr. Percy Earl found a pair of this, what he terms very 

 rare, species, on the coast between Tairi and Otago, South 

 Island. It was called by the natives Kukuruatu. 



This species differs from the other by the lightness of 

 its general colour, and by the toes being rather shorter. 



HiATICOLA BICINCTA. 



Charadrius bicinctus, Jard. 8f Selby^s III. Orn. pi. 28. 

 iEgialites bicincta, Gould, Syn. Austr. Birds, p. pl.f. 

 Chesnut-breast Plover, Lath. Hist, of Birds, ix.324. 



Upper surface greyish brown, greater wing-coverts and 

 some feathers of the back, margined with ]3ale yellowish 

 brown; quills black brown, with the shaft of the first quill 

 white ; forehead and beneath the body white, with a broad 

 black band on breast, and a broad ferruginous band on the 

 fore part of abdomen ; tail with the middle feathers black- 

 ish brown, the lateral ones paler and the outer one entirely 

 white. 



Length, 7 inches ; bill from gape, 9 lines ; wings, 5| 

 inches ; tarsi , 1 inch 2 lines. 



Anarhynchus frontalis. 



Anarhynchus frontalis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de r Astral. 

 Zonl. i. 252. Ois. t. 31,/. 2. 



Pale cinereous ; forehead and the under surface of the 

 body pure white ; quills brown. 



Length, 6 inches 2 lines; bill, 13 lines ; tarsi, 13 lines, 

 (French). 



" Get oiseau a les mcEurs de tons ceux de sa famille. 

 11 habite les bords vaseux de la mer, et vit en troupes 

 dans les canaux d' eau salee qui entourent la bale Chou- 

 raki, a la Nouvelle Zelande." 



Subfamily, HfBtnatopodinw. 



H^MATOPUS LONGIROSTRIS. 



Haematopus longirostris, Vieill. N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat. 

 XV. 410. 



Hsematopus picatus, Vigors, King's Voy. Austr. Append. 

 Haematopus australiasianus, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 



Back of neck, back, wings and tail black, glossed with 

 green; the latter with the base white; fore part of neck, 

 breast and thighs cinereous black ; beneath the body, uro- 

 pygium, and the outer portions of the secondaries, white. 



Length, 1 foot 7j inches; bill from gape 2 inches 10 

 lines ; wings, 11 inches ; tarsi, 2 inches 1 line. 



The native name of this bird is Toria. 



H^MATOPUS UNICOLOR. 



Plate 10. 



Hsematopus unicolor, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 112. Wagl. 

 Isis, 1832,/;. 1230. 



General colour black, with a tinge of green ; bill and 

 legs crimson. 



Length, 1 foot Gg- inches ; bill from gape, 4^ inches ; 

 wings, 10 J inches ; tarsi, 3 inches. 



" Habitat in scopulis, ad quos fluctus algas fucosque 

 ejiciunt. Insectis marinis, cancris, testaceis victitat. Gre- 

 garia semper a me visa. Vox fistulans fere Scolopacis 

 arquatae. Natat et urinatur." Forster. 



Differs from the Australian species, H. fuliginosus of 

 Mr. Gould, by wanting the red ring round the eyes. 



Family, Ardeid^. 

 Subfamily, Ardeinw. 



HeRODIAS FLAVIROSTRIS. 



Ardea flavirostris, Wagler, Syst. Av. 



Entirely white ; bill yellow and the legs black. 



Length, (female ?) 2 feet 8^- inches ; the bill from gape, 

 6 inches; wings, 1 foot 4f inches; tarsi, o| inches. 



This bird, says Mr. P. Earl, is unknown in the North 

 Island. It is called in the South Island (Tairi river) Ka- 

 tuka by the natives, who consider it very rare and extreme- 

 ly shy. They hold this bird in gi-eat estimation for its 

 feathers to decorate their persons. An old chief offered 

 Mr. Earl a large pig for the skin. Specimens of this bird 

 were first observed by Capt. Cook, as inhabiting New 

 Zealand. 



