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II. Ska liiRiis visiTJN(; tiif. (Jroui' imtrino the Smmmkr Months to brkrd. 



Sterna fii/i<jltiosa (Sooty 'Ttnii, Widoawake). 



<jy<jis alba (While Tein). 



MlcianouH hiicocapiUus (White-capped Noddy). 



I'rorelsterna cincrc.a (Grey Noddy). 



I'luiethon rriibtsccns (Red-tailed Tropic Bird). 'Die KeriiiMdec Island liird 

 has hitherto been referred to P. ruhricaiida. 



Sii/a cyunops (Masked Gannet). 



I'liifumx ililororhniichux (Wedge-tailed Shearwater). 



I'liffinus a.<similis (Allied Shearwater). Breeds during winter months; ar 

 rives in May; eggs plentiful on 3rd August 



Oestrelafa r.erviralis (Sunday Island Petrel). 



Ofstrelata jiigripennis (Black-winged Petrel). 



Oestrelafa neglerta (Kerniadec Island Mutton-bird). Begins to arrive at 

 Sunday Island in August, leaves in April and May ; lays from October to 

 February. On Meyer Islet lays from February to May. the young 

 leaving in August. Mr. Iredale points out that this species, which is 

 very variable in coloration, must include all the petrels breeding on the 

 surface in the Kermadec Islands, and previously known under various 

 names {i/iol/is. p/illl/tpi. lei/rap/irj/s, net/lerfn). 



III. Visitor.^ : not known to hbeed in the Group. 



f^rodi/iioiiii.t taitenxiff ( Ijong-tailed Cuckoo). Met with in every month of 



the year on Sunday Island. 

 C'lrniii iidiildi (?) (Harrier). Noticed on Sunday Island and Meyer Islet 



from March to October. 

 Anat< .^iipfrciliotsa ((irey Duck). Noted all the year on Sunday Island. 

 CharadrhiR (Inuii)iicits (Lesser (Jolden Plover). A few birds noticed during 



September and October on Sunday Island, and in November on Macauley 



Island. 

 Ochthodromus veredus (Oriental Dottrel). One bird obtained on Sunday 



Island in April. This is the first record of this species from the Ker- 

 madec Islands. 

 Niimenius variegafvt^ (Whimbrel). One specimen obtained on Sunday Island 



in September. The first record from the Kermadecs. 

 Hetcropygia acuminata (Stint). One bird shot on Sunday Island in October. 



The first record from the Kermadecs. 

 Diomedia exulans (Wandering Albatros). One specimen washed up on the 



beach, Sunday Island. 

 Pehigodroma marina (White-faced Storm Petrel). Two specimens washed up 



on beaches in October. 



IV. Species previously recorded from the Group, but not noticed during 190S. 



Rallus philippinenfiis (Pectoral Rail). 



Zosterops coe.rulescens (White-eye). 



Anthus novae-zealandiai' (Ground-lark). 



Limosa novae-zealandiae ((iodwit). 



Anous .Htolidus (Noddy Tern). 



Daption capensis (Cape Pigeon). 



Puffinus tenuirostris (Tasmanian Mutton-bird). 



V. Three Birds .acclimatized in 'New Ze.\land have reached the Group, and 



HAVE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES. 



European Song-thrush. Blackbiid. and Starling. 



R. B. 0. 



13. On Marine Moliusca from the Kermadec Islands, and on the 

 " Sinusigera apex." Bv Tom Iredale. (Proc Mai. Soc. vol. ix, 

 pt. 1, p. 68 : Mai'ch, IDIO.) 



Notes on certain species of Moliusca collected in the Kermadec Islands in 

 1908 are given, together with the following list, which includes only those that 

 have been identified with already described species :- 



1. Helcioniscus craticulatus Suter. 



2. H. dirus Rve. 



3. Avcistrcmiesu-'i kermadecensis Pila, 



4. Angaria lyria Rve. 



5. A. distorta Linne. 



6. Leptothyra picta Pease, 



