2o4 Mall, The 1 asmauian and Neiv Zcatand Groups. \ ''-"J" ■ 



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New Zealand has two peculiar species (3, 4), the Huia (Heteralocha) 

 being confined to the south part of the North Island (3). The 

 beak of the male is short and comparatively strong, that of the 

 female being long and slender. It is thought to be a fine arrange- 

 ment in the labour of getting food supplies. 



The Oriental Cuckoo {Cumins saturatus) touches the northern 

 portions of the Dominion and the Commonwealth, but gets into 

 the southern of neither. The Broad-billed Bronze-Cuckoo 

 {Chalcococcyx lucidus) is found breeding in both, using many 

 small birds as foster parents. Mr. Campbell has noted it as having 

 been found on Macquarie Island (Map C, 2). 



The Spine-tailed Swift {Chcetiira caudaciUa) annually comes 

 south into New Zealand and Tasmania, much more regularly so 

 in the latter. Naturally, the land-line rather than a great stretch 

 of water attracts it. 



Petroica vittata, the Dusky Robin of Tasmania, has been listed 

 l)y Mr. Hamilton as New Zealand ("Dominion Mus.," 1909). It is 

 probably wind-blown specimens. 



The Spotless Crake (Porzana iniuutfiilaUi of Gould)' is found all 

 round Australia and Tasmania. With slight variable differences 

 it is remarkable as being the same bird found in New Zealand, 

 the Pacific as far east as Nine Island and north as the Philippines. 



Fnlica australis (the Australian Coot) is found both in New 

 Zealand and Tasmania — much more commonly so in the latter. . 



Map B shows a portion of the migration course of a, a', a" — the 

 Godwit {Liniosa novce-zealandice). It nests in Eastern Asia and 

 winters in Tasmania and New Zealand. It may be found as far 

 south as Campbell, a sub-Antarctic island (Map C, k). The Grey 

 Phalarope {Crymophilits fuUcarhts) has its southern route marked 

 h (Map B). This bird I met in northern Siberia when it was 

 nesting, and I wonder why it has not been recorded in Australia. 

 Thirty species of the Charadriifonues have been recorded or found 

 in New Zealand. Podicipes crislaliis (the Crested (ireb(>) breeds 

 in New Zealand and Tasmania as well as in Siberia. 



Megalestris maccormicki (the Antarctic Skua Gull) comes north 

 to the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands, but no record has yet 

 been made of its being seen in Tasmanian waters. Stercoraritts 

 crepidatus (Richardson Skua Gull) has been found in both. 



Twenty-two species of birds have been listed as wanderers to 

 New Zealand.* It is to be expected that certain birds will stray 

 from Tasmania to New Zealand and perhaps populating the 

 Dominion with these species: — Hccmatopus (Oyster-catcher), 

 Nydicorax (Night-Heron) Pceciloptilm (Bittern), and Porphyria 

 (Bald-Coot). This last is also on Lord Howe Island (Map C, /), 

 so that both it and the New Zealand bird came througli tlie 

 Torresian province as well as from Tasmania. 



* " Index Fauna; N.Z." (Mutton), Dominion Museum, Wellington (1909). 



