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INDEX. 



" Birds of N.Z.," by W. L. Buller, Notes on 

 {F. W. Hiitton). 6, 126. . . p^ 



'Birds of N.Z."' : Reply. to^F. W. Hutton 

 (W. L. Buller), 6, 126. .£.•., 



Bittern, Little {Ardetta maculata}. of N.Z. 

 (W. L. Buller), 6, 119. 



Bittern, Supjiosed New S])ecies of, from the 

 Lake District: Ardeola novoe-zelandire (A. C. 

 Purdie), 3, Proc. 99. 



Chatham Islands, Avifauna and Flora of the 

 (W. T. L. Travers), 5, 212. 



Chatham Islands, Birds of the [F. W. Hutton). 

 5, 222. 



Chatham Islands, Birds of the (H. H. Travers). 

 5, 212. 



Colluricincla concinna. Notes on {F. W. Hutton), 

 5, 226. 



Colonial Museum : Additions to the Collection 

 of Birds (W. L. Buller), 7, 224. 



Colonial Jluseum : Additions to Collection of 

 Birds (T. W. Kirk), 13, 23o. 



Crow. Orange-wattled, Nesting Habits of the 

 (W. D. Campbell), 12, 249. 



Cuckoo, Long-tailed (Vrodyniiniis tailensin) : An 

 Account of its Habits, Description of a Ne.st 

 containing its (supposed) Egg, and a Sugges- 

 tion as to how the Parasitic Habit in Birds 

 has become established (R. Fulton), 36, 113. 



Cuckoo, Long-tailed, Remarks on the (W. L. 

 Buller), 11, 353. 



Curious Specimens of Birds of N.Z. (T. \\'. 

 Kirk), 12, 248. 



Curlew, probably Nmnenitis cyunopiis. Occur- 

 rence in N.Z. of a (J. von Haast), 9, 427. 



Curlew-Sand] )iper (Anci/lochihis suh-arquatus), 

 Occurrence in N.Z. of the (F. W. Hutton), 

 36, 155. 



Darwinism, Illustrations of; or. The Avifauna 

 of N.Z. considered in relation to the Funda- 

 mental Law of Descent with Modi ticat ion 

 (W. L. Buller), 27, 75. 



Dinornis (see Moa, |i. 60). 



Disappearance of the N.Z. Birds (R. Fulton), 

 40, 485. 



Disputed Species of Birds of N.Z. (W. L. Buller), 

 7, 211. 



Distribution of Birds of N.Z. (\V. T. L. Travers), 

 16, 178. 



Dotterel, Red-ca])iied : Occurrence in N.Z. (T. W. 

 Kirk), 12, 246. 



Duck— 



Anfi/i bosrlids : Note on Female assuming 



Plumage of Male (T. White), 20, 39. 

 Anm gracilis (F. W. Hutton), 12, 271. 

 Crossing with the Muscovy Duck (C. Phillijis), 



32, 5(). 

 Flightless Duck of Auckland Islands {Npsotidln 



micklandica (\\ . L. Buller), 27, 128. 

 Hybrid Ducks bred from Common Duck and 



Grey Duck (T. ^N'hite). 18, 134. 

 Notes on certain Species of N.Z. Ducks 



(W. W. Smith), 29, 252. 

 Supiwsed New Species of Duck (A. C. Punlie), 



4, 213. 



F.xtinct Birds {.ice Paheonlology, p. 60). 



Fern-bird {Sphenaeacus) : New Species from 

 Snares Islands (S. caudntus) {'W. L. Buller), 

 27, 127. 



Flight- 

 Flight of certain Birda, Anatomy of (J. 



Hector), 27, 284. 

 J'light of the .\lbatros. Mechanical Principles 



involved in (F. W. H\itton), 1, 58 f2nd ed., 



465] ; 2, 227. 

 Flight of the Black-backed (Uill (F. W. 



Hutton), 5, 140. 

 Sailing Flight of the Albatros, Mechanical 



Principles involved in (J. S. Webb), 2, 233. 

 Sailing Flight of the .Vlbatros : Re])lv to 



J. S. Webb (F. W. Hutton), 4, 347. 

 Soaring of the Hawk : a Possible Reason for 



Notched Wiim-feathers (T. W. Kirk). 22, 



325. 



Fossil Birds [see Palaeontology, p. 60). 

 Frigate-bird, Lesser [Fregata nriel). Occurrence 



in the North Auckland District of (T. F. 



Cheeseman), 40, 265. 

 (iiannet. Brown [Si'la fusra), shot in Napier 



Harbour ; with Notes on other N.Z. Birds 



(A. Hamilton), 21, 128. 

 Gerygoue flaviventris. Habits of (T. B. (billies), 



7, 524. 



Gerygone flarivcntrls, Note on (\\'. L. Buller), 



8, 190. 



Graucalus tnelanops. Occurrence in N.Z. of 



(F. VV. Hutton), 37, 350. 

 Great Barrier Island. Birds of ( K. W. Hutton). 



1. KiO [2nd ed., 104]. 

 Gull, Black - backed, Fhght of the (F. W. 



Hutton), 5, 140. 

 Gull, New Sjjecies of : Lani« {Bnic/iigarifi) biiUeri 



(T. H. Potts), 4, 203. 

 Habits of Birds of N.Z. (A. Reischck). 18, lO.i. 

 Habits of some Birds of N.Z. (W. T. L. Travers), 



4, 206. 

 Habits of Birds of N.Z., their Csefulne.ss or 



Destructiveness to the Country (A. Reischek), 



18, 96. 

 Hawk. Soaring of the : a Possible Reason for 



Notched Wing-feathers (T. W. Kirk). 22, 325. 

 Hieracidea brunnea and Nestor ocridrntnlis {W. L. 



Buller), 5, 405. 

 Hieracidea, Existence in N.Z. of Tavo Species of : 



H. novce-zealandicB-a.nd H. ferox (AV. L. Buller), 



7, 213. 

 Hieracidea novce-zealandicf and H. Iinnmea 



(W. W. Smith). 16, 318. 

 iliinantopxx in N.Z. (W. L. Buller). 7, 220. 



Huia — 



Curiouslv foi nud Bill of a Huia (W. Colenso), 



19, 140. 

 De,scri]itive Notes of tiic Huia (W. L. Buller). 



10, 211. 

 Eggs of the Huia {W. L. Buller). 10, 212. 

 .Maoii ^Manner of preserving the Skin of the 



Huia (.J. D. Envs). 8, 204. 

 Nestins Habits of the Huia (W. L. Buller), 



8, 192. 

 Structure and Hal)its of the Huia (W. L. 



Buller), 3, 24. 



