86 Transactions. 



Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scopoli). 



Tantalus variegatus Scopoli, Del Flor. Faun. Insule, fasc. ii, p. 92, 

 1786 : Luzon, Philippine Islands. Numenius variegatus Buller, 

 he. cit., p. 181. 

 One specimen (out of a pair) was shot on the north coast by Oliver on 

 the 24th September ; a few days later three similar birds were seen. 



Pisobia maculata acuminata (Horsfield). 



Totanus acuminatus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), vol. 13, 

 p. 192, 1821 : Java. Heteropygia acuminata Buller, loc. cit., 

 p. 187. 

 On the 25th October Oliver shot a specimen on Denham Bay beach. 

 Mathews (Novit. Zool., vol. 18, p. 7, 1911) has shown that Sharpe's identifi- 

 cation of the Watling drawing upon which was based Latham's T. aurita 

 was purely an error, and hence the usage of Latham's name incorrect. This 

 is the bird Oliver (loc. cit., p. 221) catalogues under the name Erolia aurita. 

 The generic name Erolia was introduced for the curlew sandpiper, and the 

 present species cannot be considered congeneric with that bird. 



Anas superciliosa Gmelin subsp. ? 



Anas superciliosa Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 537, 1789 : Dusky Sound, 



south New Zealand ; Cheeseman. loc. cit., p. 221 ; Buller, Suppl., 



vol. 2, p. 5, 1906. 



This bird was constantly seen on the crater-lakes, and, although noted 



all the year round, was not observed to breed. I do not know whether the 



birds were referable to the New Zealand or Australian form. 



Sula dactylatra personata Gould. 



Sula personata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1846, p. 21 : north 



Australia. S. cyanops Cheeseman, loc. cit., p. 223 : Buller, loc. 



cit., p. 49. 



Did not breed on Sunday Island ; a couple bred on Meyer Island ; 



plentifully on one of the less islets, hence known to the settlers as Gannet 



Island. A fair number breed on Macauley Island and Curtis Island. 



Mathews (Novit. Zool., vol. 18, p. 9, 1911) has shown that the species name 



to be used is dactylatra Lesson, that name having six years' priority over 



the more familiar cyanops, both being given to Ascension Island, Atlantic 



Ocean, breeding birds. 



Phaethon rubricauda novaehollandiae Brandt. 



Phaethon novaehollandiae Brandt. Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Peter&b., 

 ser. 6, vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 272, 1840 : Lord Howe Island. P. rubri- 

 cauda Cheeseman, loc. cit., p. 223 ; Buller, loc. cit., p. 53. 

 Breeding sparsely all round Sunday Island, and more "plentifully on 

 Meyer Island. Rothschild separated (Avifauna Laysan, pi. 3, p. 296, 1900) 

 the Kermadec, Lord Howe, and Norfolk Island breeding birds under the 

 name P. rubricauda erubescens. Mathews (Novit. Zool., vol. 18, p. 243, 

 1912) has shown that Brandt had previously introduced the name here 

 accepted for a young bird described by Latham from a drawing made at 

 Lord Howe Island. The subspecies is well differentiated by its larger size 

 and briii;hter coloration. 



