186 FAUNA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



LIST of the BIRDS hitherto recorded as found in NEW ZEA- 

 LAND, CHATHAM, and AUCKLAND ISLANDS, with their 

 Synonyma, by GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, Esq. 



Fam. FALCON JD.E. 



1. Falco harpe. Forst. Icon. ined. t. 36; juv., t. 37. 



Falco Novse Zealand! se, Gm. Lath., Ind. On., 

 i. 28.?? 



Kahu of natives ? Yate, Polack, Dieffenbach. Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound and Dusky Bay. Forst. 



2. Falco brunnea. Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837. 



Synop. of Austr. Birds, pt. iii. Falco harpe, Forst. 

 Icon. ined. t. 38. Falco Australis, Homb. et Jacq. 

 Ann. des Sci. Nat. 1841, p. 312. 



Kauaua of the natives. Yate, Polack, Dieffenbach. 

 Kari-area of the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound. 

 Forst. 



Fam. STRIGID.E. 



3. Athene Novce Seelandice. Strix fulva, Forst. Icon. 



ined. t. 39. Vieill. Ency. Meth. 1291. Strix Novse 

 Seelandise, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 296, sp. 38 : Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. i. 65, Strix Zealandica, Quoy et Gaim. 

 Voy. de 1'Astrol. Zool. i. 168, pi 2, f. 1. 

 Herooroo of the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound. 

 Forst. Eou Hou of the natives of Tasman Bay. 

 Quoy et Gaim. Kou Kou of the natives. Yate. 

 Kao Koa of the natives. Polack. Ruru ruru. 

 Dieffenbach. 



Fam. HIRUNDINID.E. 



Mr. Polack refers the following native names of Riroriro, 

 Piripiri, Toutouwai, Tuturiwatu, as species of " swallows." 

 These names are also mentioned by Mr. Yate, but not as 

 belonging to this or any other family, except the last, which 

 he says is a plover. 



Fam. ALCEDINID^E. 



4. Halcyon vagans. Alcedo cyanea. Forst. Icon. ined. 



t. 59. Alcedo sacra, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 453 : Lath. 



