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 1. Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea 



Columba spadicea Latham, Index Omith. Suppl. p. lx. No. 7. 1801 : Norfolk Island. 



Synonyms : 

 (''■hin, ha gigas Ranzani, Elem. Zool. vol. iii. pt. i. p. 223. 1821 : Norfolk Island. 

 Cnlumba leucogaster Wagler, Syst. Av. Columb. sp. 12. 1827 : Norfolk Island. 

 Columba princeps Vigors. Proc. Zool. Soc. (Land.) 1833. p. 78 : Norfolk Island. 



Norfolk Islam! Pigeon. 

 Range : Norfolk Island. 



Family RA.LLIDAE. 

 Genus PORPHYRIO. 



2. Porphyrio albus. 



Fidica alba Wliite, Journ. Voy. New South Wales p. 238. 1790 ; Lord Howe Island 



White Gallinnle. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 03. 

 Range : Lord Howe Island. 



Family NESTORIDAE. 

 Genus NESTOR. 

 Nestor Lesson, Traite d'Onuth. p. 190. 1830. 



Type (by monotypy) : N. meridionaUs (Gmelin). 



3. Nestor productus. 



Plyciolophus productus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loud.) 183G. p. 19 : Philip Island (Norfolk Island). 



Synonym : 

 Nestor norfolcensis Pelzeln, Site. k. Akad, Wien. vol. xli. p. 322. 1800 ; Norfolk Island. 



Long-billed Parrot. 



Mathews, Handlist Nos. 299— 300. 



Range : Norfolk Island. 



Family CACATOIDAE. 



Genus PLATYCERCUS. 



4. Platycercus novaezelandiae subfiavescens. 



Cyanorhamphus subfiavescens Salvadori, Arm. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. vi. vol. vii. p. 68. 1801 : Lord 

 Howe Island. 



Lord Howe Green Parrot. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 370. 

 Range : Lord Howe Island. 



In the preceding List, consistently with my views already fully expressed in 

 this Journal (vol. xvii. pp. 492-3; vol. xviii. pp. 1-22), I have rejected the generic 

 names commonly illegally in use "ex Brisson." Since the List was prepared the 

 International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature have published Opinion 37, 

 which decides that Brissou's generic names are available under the Code. Inasmuch 

 as the Commission did not consider the point I raised in the Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. 

 p. 2, it seems clear that as this matter cannot yet be absolutely decided, I must 



