576 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Grant on Birds 



73. Phaethon rubricauda Bodd. 



Phaethon rubricauda Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xxvi. 

 p. 451 (1898). 



a, b. Adult. Kermadec Islands. 

 The Red-tailed Tropic Bird. 



74. Harpa nov.e zealandi^ (Gmel.). 



Harpa none zealandics Buller, B. New Zeal. i. pts. iv.-vi. 

 p. 213, pi. x. (1888). 



Nesierax nova zealandiae Lorenz-Liburnau, Ann. Hofnius. 

 Wien, xvii. p. 321 (1902). 



a. $ adult. Adam I., Auckland Is., 7th January, 1901. 



b. ? adult. Dusky Sound, South I., New Zealand, 

 January 1901. 



c. ? immature. Dusky Sound, South I., New Zealand, 

 June 1901. 



d. <$ adult. Dusky Sound, South I., New Zealand, 

 July 1901. 



e. ? adult (in spirits). Port Ross, Auckland Is., 4th 

 July, 1901 (Commander J. P. Rollestori). 



In the Quail-Hawk the iris is hazel; the cere, the skin 

 round the eye, and the legs and feet yellow. A female (in 

 spirits) is said to have had the bill and skin round the eye 

 grey, and the legs and feet grey tinged with yellow. 



Several of the smaller species known as //. australis 

 Homb. & Jacq. wei'e also seen, and there is a specimen in 

 the Christchurch Museum from the Auckland Islands. I 

 believe H. australis to be the male and H. none zealand'ue 

 the female of one and the same species (F. TV. Hutton). 



I think there can be no doubt that two closely-allied forms 

 of Harpa are found in New Zealand, which appear to differ 

 from one another only in size, the larger being H. novae 

 zealandice (Gmel.) and the smaller //. australis (Hombr. 

 & Jacq.). 



In both forms the adults in both sexes have the upper 

 parts blackish spotted and barred with rufous, and the 

 chest and breast buff longitudinally striped with blackish. 

 Likewise, in both, the young have the upper parts uniform 

 sooty-brown irregularly edged and spotted with buff. 



