28 BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
74. ARDEA POICEHELOPTERA. Wagl. C.M. 
Bittern. Matukuhurepo. 
Botaurus poicilopterus. GRAY. 
BLACKISH brown, varied with buff. 
£96; W.; 12:25; B.; 3:25; T., 3°05. 
Fgg.—Brownish olive ; length, 2°17 ; breadth, 1:5. 
Both Islands, Chatham Islands, Australia, Tasmania. 
Nycricorax. Stephens. 
Bit, rather longer than the head, slightly arched ; tarsi, as long as the 
middle toe. 
All parts of the world. 
75. NYCTICORAX CALEDONICUS. Lath. CM. 
Night Heron. 
AxovE, pale rufous; below, white; top of the head, black, with two 
long white plumes. 
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Fgg.—Pale green ; length, 2:6; breadth, 1:5. (Gould.) 
Both Islands, Australia, New Caledonia. 
SCOLOPACID At. 
Bill, long, slender, grooved to the tip ; wings, long and pointed ; hind toe» 
short, or wanting. 
Limosa. Sriss. 
Bit, inclined upwards towards the tip ; first quill the longest ; tarsi, 
longer than the middle toe ; outer toe united to the middle as far as the 
first joint by a membrane ; hind toe, rather long. 
Spread over the whole world. 
76. LIMOSA UROPYGIALIS. Gould. C.M.- 
Goodwit. Curlew. Kuaka. 
L. Nove Zealandic. GRAy. 
Axove, greyish brown ; over the tail white, barred with brown; tail, 
white, barred with greyish brown; throat, brownish white, streaked 
with darker ; breast, rufous in spring, white in the autumn ; abdomen, 
white ; shafts of quills, white. 
We efor WW 92O'25)s IB. 2°04 ae 
Both Islands, Australia, Polynesia, China, Siberia. 
