262 Messrs, E. L. and E. L. C. Layard on 



66, TuRNix VARiA, Temm. 



We have heard of an indigenous Quail on some of the grassy 

 uplands^ but have not yet seen a specimen. T. varia has 

 been several times introduced from Australia ; M. Marie may 

 have come across one of these imported birds^ and hence in- 

 cluded it in his list. Quails of some species were brought 

 from Reunion in 1862, in the French frigate 'Ibis/ and 

 turned out near Noumea. M, Jouan describes a Quail, 

 "la meme espece qu'en Australie/' as found on the uplands. 



68. EsAcus MAGNiRosTRis, Tcmm, 



We have not yet heard of this species ; neither is it included 

 in the ' Revue.' 



69. Charadrius, sp. ? G. R. Gray. 



As regards this uncertain species we only know of 



70. Charadrius fulvus, Gm. 



Included as C, xanthocheilus, Wagl,, by M, Marie. This 

 L, L, found breeding on the islets off Anservata, close to 

 Noumea. 



72. TOTANUS INCANUS (Gm.) . 



We have just (20th December, 1877) obtained a single 

 specimen (male) of this bird (the only one we have seen), 

 shot by L. L. on the above-named islets. It differs some- 

 what from our Fijian-killed birds in having the bill shorter 

 and thicker, and in having the feet and legs ocliraceous, instead 

 of green. According to Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub, and Cassin 

 (U.S. Expl. Exped.), T. incanus {Gfme\.) = Gambetta pulveru- 

 Jentus, Miiller (GoukVs Handb, B. Austr. vol. ii. p. 268). 

 Gould {loc. cit.)ssijs, "base of the lower mandible scarlet'' ! 

 legs and feet '^hyacinth-red" (Cassin does not notice the 

 colour of these parts) . We have never seen any thing like 

 this coloration in the numerous specimens killed by us. Are 

 there not several species mixed up under the numerous syn- 

 onyms quoted by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub ? 



73. LiMosA uROPYGiALis, Gould. 



74. LiMosA NOv^-ZEALANDi^, G. R. Gray. 



Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub, in their 'Polynesian Orni- 



