26 BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
67. STREPSILAS INTERPRES. L. C.M. 
Turnstone. 
Axsove, blackish brown; throat, abdomen, and over the tail, white ; 
breast, brownish black ; tail, white, with a broad brown bar near the 
tip ; bill, black ; legs, red ; shafts of the quills white (winter plumage). 
io 10. W., O10 > Bo bs yd. 
Egg.—Greyish olive, with brown spots (Temminck). 
Canterbury Province. Found all over the world. 
Hamatorpus. JL. 
Bit, longer than the head, rather concave upwards, much compressed at 
the tip ; first quill the longest ; tarsi, longer than the middle toe. 
The whole world. 
68. HAMATOPUS LONGIROSTRIS. Vieill, C.M. 
Pied Oyster-catcher. Red-bill. Torea. 
ABove, greenish black ; below, and over the tail, white ; bill and legs, 
crimson. 
Ai 19-5 We Le Be loes Das2, 
Egg.—Pale yellow brown, spotted and blotched with brownish black ; 
length, 2:25 ; breadth, 1°6. 
Both Islands, Australia, New Guinea, India, China. 
69. HAAMATOPUS UNICOLOR. Forst. A.M. 
Black Oyster-catcher. Red-bill. Torea. 
GREENISH black ; bill and legs, crimson. 
ies 9- W, 10:5°> Bi ash ILS. 
Both Islands. 
ARDEIDA. Herons. 
Bill, long strong, and acute ; wings rounded ; tail short; tarsi, long, 
rather slender ; hind toe on the same level as the others. 
ARDEA. J. 
Bit, straight, first quill nearly as long as the second and third ; tarsi, 
longer than the middle toe ; hind toe, long ; claw of middle toe, serrated. 
The whole world. 
