452 ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. [PART III. 
No of 
Family and Genus, Species. Remarks. 
STURNIDZ. 
10. Creadion ee a 2 These three genera are probably 
11. Heterolocha ... oe 1 allied, and perhaps form a dis- 
12. Calleas ose om 2 tinct family. 
NEsTORIDZ. 
13. Nestor... is el 3 A peculiar family of Parrots. 
STRINGOPIDZ. 
14. Stringops”... A 1 A peculiar family of Parrots. 
STRIGIDA. 
15. (Sceloglaux) ... BN 1 s.g. of Athene. 
RA.Luip&. 
16. Ocydromus... ee 6 Allied to Eulabeornis, an Australian 
genus. 
17. Notornis AP oe 1 Allied to Porphyrto, a genus of wide 
range, 
CHARADRIIDE, 
18. Thinornis ; 1 
19. Anarhynchus ... 1 
ANATID. 
20. Hymenolemus 24 1 Allied to Malacorhynchus, an Aus- 
tralian genus. 
APTERYGID&. 
21. Apteryx ae oes 4 Forming a peculiar family. 
We have thus a wonderful amount of speciality; yet the affi- 
nities of the fauna, whenever they can be traced, are with Aus- 
tralia or Polynesia. Nine genera of New Zealand birds are 
characteristically Australian, and the eight genera of wide range 
are Australian also. Of the peculiar genera, 7 or 8 are undoubtedly 
allied to Australian groups. There are also four Australian and 
one Polynesian species. Even the peculiar family, Nestoride, is 
allied to the Australian Trichoglosside. We have therefore every 
gradation of similarity to the Australian fauna, from identical 
species, through identical genera, and allied genera, to distinct 
but allied families; clearly indicating very long continued yet 
rare immigations from Australia or Polynesia; immigrations which 
are continued down to our day. For resident ornithologists be- 
lieve, that the Zosterops lateralis has found its way to New Zea- 
land within the last few years, and that the two cuckoos now 
migrate annually, the one from Australia, the other from some 
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