Iredale. — Kermadec Islandi, Avifauna. 85 



Procelsterna cerulea cinerea Gou'd. 



Anous cinereus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1845, p. 104 : north- 

 east coasts, Australia ; Cheeseman, loc. cit., p. 222. Procel- 

 sterna cinerea Buller, loc. cit., p. 161. 



Bred sparingly on the cliffs at each end of Denham Bay ; more com- 

 monly on Meyer Island ; also at Macauley and Curtis Islands. 



Megalopterus minutus minutus (Boie). 



Anous minutus Boie, his, 1844: north-east Australia. A. melano- 

 genys Cheeseman, loc. cit., p. 221. Micranous leucoca'pt'lus 

 Buller, loc. cit., p. 163. 



An increasing colony bred on Meyer Island and one of the other out- 

 lying islets, though not on Sunday Island. A flight was seen at Macau'ey 

 Island, but as there are no trees I do not think it was breeding there. This 

 species has been commonly known as Micranous leucocapillus Gould, but 

 Mathews (Novit. Zool., vol. 18, p. 4, 1911) showed that the correct generic 

 name was Megalopterus Boie, which had priority ; whilst more recently 

 (Birds Austr., vol. 2, 1912) the same writer has accepted Boie's specific 

 name, which has also priority over Gould's specific name. 



Gygis alba royana Mathews. 



Gygis alba royana Mathews, Birds Austr., vol. 2, p. 433, 1912 : Ker- 

 madec Islands. G. Candida Cheeseman, loc. cit., p. 222. G. alba 

 Buller, loc. cit., p. 163. 



Only bred sparingly round the sea-coast of Sunday Island. A most 

 delightful account of the habits of this bird has recently appeared from 

 the pen of Mr. Roy Bell {Emu, vo!. 12, pp. 26-30, 1912), whose photos, 

 considering the difficulties under which he worked, have scarcely been ex- 

 celled by any bird-observer. A splendid review of the species of G^jgis will 

 be found in the place above quoted, where Mathews has separated the 

 Kermadec-breeding bird under the name given. I have carefully con- 

 sidered all the points, and fully endorse Mathews's conchisions. 



Pluvialis dominicus fulvus (Gmelin). 



Gharadrius fulvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 687, 1789 : Tahiti; Cheese- 

 man, loc. cit., p. 220. 0. dominicus Buller, loc. cit., p. 174. 



This was the wader met with most frequently on Sunday Island, thirteen 

 being noted during September and October. A flock of thirteen waders 

 seen off Macauley Island on the 12th November seemed to consist most'y 

 of this bird. 



Eupoda vereda (Gould). 



Gharadrius veredus Gould, Proc. Zoo'. Soc. (Lond.), 1848, p. 38 : 

 north Australia. 



On the 22nd April Mr. W. R. B. Oliver shot a specimen of this bird on 

 Denham Bay beach. Mathews (Novit. Zool., vol. 18, p. 5, 1911) has shown 

 that Eupoda Brandt, 1845, has seven years' priority over the more familiar 

 Ochthodroiiius Reichenback, 1852. 



