584 



PSITTACID^. 



Female. Slightly smaller than the male. 



Hah. New Zealand, South Island, Canterbury district. Hen 

 Island (Auraki Gulf) (ReiscJiek). 



I am not quite satisfied about this bird being distinct from 0. nova 

 zealandice. 



6. Cyanorhamphus aucklandicus. 



Cyanorhamphus novas-zealandiae, part., Souance, Rev. et Mag. de 



Zool. 1856, p. 212 (2 ind. des lies Auckland). 

 Cyanorhamphus aucklandicus, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. 



n. 190; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 140, n. 8023 (1870) ; Rchnw. 



Vogelbild. in the text of C. nova zeelandice, t. xvi. f. 7 (1878-83) ; 



id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 42 (Consp. P>itt. p. 42). 

 Platycercus aucklandicus, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 13 



(1859) ; id. Ibis, 1862, p. 229 ; Bull, Essay N. Zeal. Orn. p. 12 



(1865); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1867, p. 324; Finsch, ibid. p. 325; 



Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 31 ; Bull. B. New Zeal, p. 59 (1873) ; id. op. 



cit. 2nd ed. i. p. 145 (1888). 

 Euphema novas zeelandias, part., Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 105 



(1864). 

 Platycercus novae zeelandise, part., Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 273 (1868) ; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 218 (1877). 

 Platycercus rowleyi, Reisch. (nee Bull.) Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. xxi. p. 383 



(Adam's Isl.) (1889). 



Similar to C. novce zealandice, but smaller, with a much smaller 

 bill, the red colour on the vertex and on the ear-eoverts less ex- 

 tended. Total length about 9 inches, wing 4-6, tail 4-5, bill 0-56, 

 tarsus 0*56. 



Hob, Auckland Islands. 



Whether the Auckland Islands birds are constantly smaller than 

 those from New Zealand 1 cannot say, but it is quite true that 

 some New Zealand birds are not larger than Auckland ones. 



a. S ad. sk. Auckland Islands. Antarctic Exped. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Auckland Islands. Antarctic Exped. 



c. Ad. sk. • Auckland Islands. Massena Coll. 



7. Cyanorhamphus cooki. 



Platycercus cookii, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. 3Ius. p. 13 (1859) ; 



id. Ms, 1862, p. 228 ; Bull. Essay N. Zeal, Orn. p. 12 (1865) ; id. 



Journ. f. Orn. 1807, p. 324 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 140, 



n. 8022 (1870) ; ? Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 31 ; Bull. B. New Zeal. 2nd 



ed. i. p. 145 (1888). 

 Platycercus rayneri, G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1862, p. 228 (Norfolk Island) * ; 



Bull. Essay N. Zeal. Orn. p. 12 (1866) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1887, 



p. 324 ; Bull. B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 145 (1888) ( = pacificus !) ; 



Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 31. 

 Platycercus novae zeelandise, part., Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 273 (1868) ; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 218 (1877). 



* Downing, Pr. Roy. Soc. Tasm. iii. p. 208 (1859) (Norfolk Isl.). 





