56*4 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



a. Adult ? . Lake Te Anau, Otago, South Island, New 

 Zealand, March 1903. 



/;. Immature $ . Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, South 

 Island, New Zealand, 3rd February, 1902. 



The Curlew-Sandpiper appears to be new to the avifauna 

 of New Zealand. Specimen b was at first identified by 

 Captain Hutton as a Pectoral Sandpiper (Heteropygia 

 acuminata), and subsequently referred by him to the 

 Red-throated Stint (Limonites ruficollis). 



52. Gallinago aucklandica Gray. 



Gallinago aucklandica Buller, B. New Zeal. ii. pt. viii. p. 32 

 (1888). 



a, b. <$ adult. Adam I., Auckland Is., 7th & 8th January, 

 1901. 



c. <$ adult. Antipodes Is. (J. P. Rolleston), 15th July, 1901. 



rf. ? adult. „ „ 28th Feb., 1899. 



The Auckland-Island Snipe has the iris hazel, the bill 

 brown, and the legs and feet brownish- or greenish-yellow. 

 It was not common on Adam Island (F. W. Hutton). 



53. Gallinago huegeli Tristram. 



Gallinago huegeli Tristram, Bull. B. O. C. i. no. ix. p. xlvi 

 (1893) [Snares]. 



a, b. J ? adult. Snares, 2nd January, 1901. 



c. Snares, 7th January, 1902. 



The Snares-Island Snipe has the iris dark brown and the 

 legs and feet greyish-brown. 



Capt. F. W. Hutton, in his notes, speaks of having met 

 with this species on " Snares and Antipodes Islands. It was 

 rare on Antipodes, and as we did not see this species on the 

 Auckland Islands I think the locality is a mistake." 



Capt. Hutton's notes as regards Antipodes and Auckland 

 Islands evidently refer to G. aucklandica. 



54. Anas superciliosa Gmel. 



Anas superciliosa Buller, B. New Zeal. ii. p. 251 (1888) ; 

 Filhol, Mem. Ac. France, Pass.Venus, Miss, de Tile Campbell, 

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



