194 FAUNA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



Poopoo arouro of the natives. Forst. Pipiwavvaroa of 

 the natives. Yate, Dieffenbach. 



" Both these birds are migratory, appearing near the coasts in 

 the month of December. The latter is known to lay its eggs in 

 the nests of smaller birds, especially in that of the fantail fly- 

 catcher." Dieffenbach. 



" To this family probably belongs the bird called Kakapo by 

 the natives, and to judge from some tail-feathers of a green me- 

 tallic lustre, which I obtained in the interior, the bird may be a 

 Centropus. It has become so rare, that it has never been seen 

 by any of the missionaries, nor by the natives for many years past. 

 Its destruction is owing to the introduction of cats and dogs. The 

 bird used to perch on the lower branches of trees, according to the 

 accounts of the natives, who caught it by the glare of a torch dur- 

 ing the night." Dieffenbach. 



Fam. COLUMBID.E. 



42. Carpophaga Novce Seelandia. Columba argetrsea. 



Forst. Icon, ined., t. 137- Columba Novae See- 

 landise. Gmel Syst. Nat., 773 ; Less. Compl. Buff., 

 viii. 107. Columba Zeelandica. Lath. Ind. Orn., ii. 

 603. Columba spadicea. Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. 

 Ix. ; Less. Compl. Buff., viii. 85. Columba spa- 

 dicea leucophsea. Homb. et Jacq. Ann. des Sci. Nat., 

 1841. 



Hagarreroo of the natives of Dusky Bay. Forst. Kou- 

 koupa of the natives. Kukupa of the natives. Yate. 



Kuku and Kukupa of the natives. Dieffenbach. 



43. Carpophaga ? 



Columba senea, var. /3. Lath. Ind. Orn., ii. 602. 



44. ? 



Columba brunnea. Lath. Ind. Orn., ii 603 ; Less. 



Compl. Buff., viii. 109. 



" I doubt the existence in New Zealand of more than one species 

 of pigeon, the Columba argetrsea of Forster. Very slight varieties 

 in plumage exist, but not sufficient to constitute species." Dieffen- 

 bach. 



