562 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



the Auckland Islands ; it was not met with on the Bounty 

 or Antipodes Islands. 



42. Larus dominicanus Licht. 



Larus dominicanus Buller, B. New Zeal. ii. p. 47 (1888) ; 

 Filhol, Mem. Ac. France, Pass. Venus,, Miss, de File Camp- 

 bell, iii. pt. ii. p. 38 (1885). 



Captain F. W. Hutton says : — " The Southern Black- 

 backed Gull was common on all the islands." 



43. Megalestris Antarctica (Lesson). 



Megalestris antarctica Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. 

 p. 319 (1895). 



Stercorarius antarcticus Filhol, Mem. Ac. France, Pass. 

 Venus, Miss, de Pile Campbell, iii. pt. ii. p. 41 (1885) <; 

 Buller, B. New Zeal. ii. p. 63 (1888). 



Captain Hutton writes : — " The Southern Skua is common 

 on all the islands. Captain Bollons states that it com- 

 mences to breed in September." 



44. Arenaria interpres (Linn.). 



Arenaria interpres Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 92 

 (1896). 



a, b. ? adult. Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand, 

 10th February, 1902. 



The Turnstone has the legs yellowish-pink (F. TV. Hutton) . 



45. HiEMATOPUs unicolor Wagler. 



Hamatopus unicolor Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 88 

 (1896). 



a. <$ adult. Port Pegasus, Stewart L, 1st January, 1901. 



The Black Oyster-catcher has the iris yellow, the naked 

 skin round the eye and bill orange, the legs and feet brownish- 

 grey (F. TV. Hutton). 



46. Charadrius dominicus P. L. S. Mull. 

 Charadrius dominicus Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 



p. 195 (1896). 



a. Immature. Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, 1st February, 

 1902. 



