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Thtnoknis. Gray. 



Bill, rather long ; first and second quills nearly equal, and longest ; tarsi, not longer 

 than the middle toe ; hind toe wanting. 

 New Zealand ; Auckland Islands. 



62. Thinornis novse-zealandise. Gml. 



Sand-Plovee. Kukuruatu. 

 (Plate XXIII.) 

 Above, greyish-brown, with the forehead, cheeks, throat, and a ring round the nape, 

 black ; below, white ; bdl, orange, with a black tip. 

 L., 8 ; W., 475 ; B., 1 ; T., "9 ; middle toe, -75. 

 Sab. — Both Islands. 



" There can be no doubt, I think, that the so-called Thinornis 

 rossii, of which there is a single specimen in the British Museum, 

 brought by the Antarctic Expedition from Auckland Island, is the 

 young of the present species ; and I have given a figure of it in that 

 character.^' — Buller. 



Anaehynchus. Quoy et Gaim. 



Bill, long, slender, curved to the right ; first aud second quills equal, and longest ; tarsi, 

 longer than middle toe ; hind toe wanting. 

 New Zealand only. 



63. Anarhynchus frontalis. Quay et Gaim. 



Crook-bill Plover. 



Above, cinerous-grey ; below, white, with a black band on the breast ; forehead, white ; 

 quills, brown, with white shafts. 



L., 8-5; W., 5; B., 1-4; T., 1-1. 



ISgg, — Ovoid, pointed ; greenish-grey, minutely speckled all over with dark-brown ; 

 length, 1"4 ; breadth, 1. 



Hab. — Both Islands. 



" The horny point of the bill of this bird, from its peculiar form, 

 is sufficiently strong to be used for thrusting between and under 

 stones and pebbles. The flexibility of the upper mandible derived 

 from the long grooves and flattened form (extending to nearly half its 

 length) tends materially to assist the bird in fitting its curved bill 

 close to a stone, and thus aids it in searching or fossicking around or 

 beneath the shingle for its food, while at the same time the closed 

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