BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 25 
Egg.—Greenish white, speckled with black ; length, 1°30 ; breadth, 1 ; 
ovoid, rather pointed. 
Both Islands, Lord Howe’s Island. 
THINORNIS. Gray. 
Brut, rather long; first and second quills nearly equal, and longest ; 
tarsi, not longer than the middle toe ; hind toe wanting. 
New Zealand, Auckland Islands. 
65. THINORNIS NOVA ZHEALANDIZs. Gm. C.M. 
Sand Plover. Kukuruatu. 
AxBoveE, greyish brown, with the forehead, cheeks, throat, and a ring 
round the nape, black ; below, white ; bill, orange, with a black tip. 
Ls 8 W., £75 B., ly D.-9; muddle toe, -75. 
Both Islands. 
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ANARHYNCHUS. Quoy. et Gaim. 
Bit, long, slender, curved to the right ; first and second quills equal, 
and longest ; tarsi, longer than middle toe, hind toe wanting. 
New Zealand only. 
66. ANARHYNCHUS FRONTALIS. Quoy. et Gaim. | C.M. 
Crook-bill Plover. 
Thinornis Rossii. [ Of the Otago Museum. | 
ABovE, cinerous grey ; below, white, with a black band on the breast ; 
forehead, white ; quills, brown, with white shafts. 
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Egg.—Ovoid, pointed, greenish grey, minutely speckled all over with 
dark brown ; length, 1:4; breadth, 1. 
Both Islands. 
Srrepsinas. J/lliger. 
Bix, not longer than the head, lateral margin of both mandibles turned 
upwards ; first quill, longest ; tarsi, as long as the middle toe; hind toe 
present. 
All parts of the world. 
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