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Map A.— Kiwis, 1-5 ; Emus, 6-9. 



I, Apieryx niantelli (North Island Kiwi); 2, /J. aus- 

 traiis (South Island Kiwi); ^, ^. /mas/z (Alpine Kiwi); 



4, J. otyent (Grey Kiwi) ; 5, Metapteryx hifrons, Queens- 

 land (fossil) ; 6. bromaius diemenensis (Tasmanian Emu), 

 now extinct ; 7, D. minor (King Island Emu), now 

 extinct ; 8, D. parvulns (Kangaroo Island Emu), now 

 extinct ; 9, D. novcs-hollandio' (Emu). 



B.—a, a', a", Godwit {Limosa novo'-zealandice) ; h, Grey Phala- 

 rope (Cvymophila fiilicarius). 



C.—a, Papua ; b, old land connection (a, h, d, e, g)-, c, line of 

 southern expansion of northern birds ; c' , King Island ; 

 c" Eurneaux Islands ; c'", Tasmania ; d, New Caledonia ; 

 e 'Norfolk Island ; e' , Kermadec Islands ; /, Lord Howe 

 Island ; g, New Zealand ; h. Chatham Islands ; h' , Bounty 

 Island ■ h", Antipodes Island ; /, Auckland Island ; k, 

 Campbell Island ; /, Macquarie Island (Rails and Parrots). 



D._Two Genera of Honey-eating Parrots (Nestor and rncho- 



I, N. novfolciensis (now extinct). Norfolk Island 

 Parrot ; 2, N. 'productus (now extinct), Phillip Islaud 

 Parrot '; 3, N. meridionalis (Kaka) ; 4. ^- notabilis (Kea) ; 



5, r. swainsoni (Southern Blue-bellied Lorikeet) ; 6, T. 

 se ptentrionalis (Northern Blue-bellied Lorikeet) ; 7, T. 

 cMovolepidotus (Scaly-breasted Lorikeet) ; 8, T. vuhri- 

 torqiies (Red-collared Lorikeet). 



Y^.— Par idee (Titmice), a-^— 



a, Certhipavus ; h, Xerophila (Whiteface), Sphenostoma 

 (Wedgebill) ; c, Parus (True Titmouse) ; d, P. saliria, Java. 

 Sphenceacus (Fern-"Birds), a and /— 



a, New Zealand Fern-Bird ; f, South African Fern-Bird. 



F _i Gallinago australis ; 2, G. pusilla (Chatham Islands Snipe) ; 

 3, G. huegeli (The Snares Snipe) ; 4. G. tristrami (Antip- 

 odes Island Snipe); 5, G. aucklandica (Auckland Island 

 Snipe) ; 6, G. megala (Swinhoe Snipe). 



G.— Distribution of Fly-eaters {Gerygone)— 



I, G. albofrontata, Chatham Island : 2, G. igafa, South 

 Island ; 3, G. flaviventris, North Island ; G. sylvestris 

 (2, 3) ;'4, G. modesta, Norfolk Island ; 5. G^- insularis and 

 G. Uwrpii, Lord Howe Island ; 6. Stronghold of Aus- 

 tralian Fly-eaters ; 7, Southern Fly-eater (G. culicivora). 

 (The New Zealand birds are differentiated as Pseiido- 

 gerygone.) 



H.— Distribution of Australian Zosterops (White-eyes)— 



a, a, Z. dorsalis ; 6, Z. stremia, Lord Howe Island ; 



c, Z. teniiirostris and Z. alhogularis, Norfolk Island ; 



d, Z. gouldi ; e, Z. hahnaturina, Kangaroo Island ; /, Z. 

 hitea ; g, Z. tephro pleura. 



J. —Starlings (Sturnidce). — i, Introduced Starling (Sfurnus 

 vulgaris) ; 2, Queensland Starling (Caloniis) ; 3, Huia 

 {Meter olocha) ; 4, Saddleback (Creadion). 

 K.— Distribution of Honey-eaters {Meliphagidcp), with graph 

 values of genera and species.— i, Bell-Bird (Anihorms), 

 New Zealand and Chatham Island ; 2, Tui or Parson- 

 Bird (Prosthemadera), New Zealand and Auckland 

 Island ; 3, Stitch-Bird (Pogonornis). 



