﻿524 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  common 
  Grey 
  Duck, 
  Snipes, 
  Plovers, 
  Curlews, 
  and 
  

   Eed-bills 
  inhabit 
  the 
  lakes 
  and 
  sea-shores, 
  and 
  a 
  Sand-Lark, 
  

   which 
  builds 
  its 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  abounds 
  in 
  the 
  bushes 
  

   of 
  Phormium 
  [the 
  New-Zealand 
  flax] 
  and 
  fern. 
  In 
  summer 
  

   the 
  ducks^ 
  eggs 
  furnish 
  the 
  natives 
  with 
  a 
  favourite 
  article 
  

   of 
  food. 
  The 
  forest 
  is 
  enlivened 
  by 
  numerous 
  Tuis, 
  or 
  

   Mocking-birds.^' 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  have 
  become 
  scarce, 
  

   for 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  cats, 
  clogs, 
  and 
  especially 
  pigs, 
  and 
  the 
  

   constant 
  persecution 
  of 
  every 
  sort 
  of 
  bird 
  — 
  indeed, 
  of 
  every 
  

   living 
  thing 
  — 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  have 
  produced, 
  and 
  are 
  still 
  pro- 
  

   ducing, 
  the 
  inevitable 
  result 
  — 
  the 
  slow 
  but 
  certain 
  extermi- 
  

   nation 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  original 
  land-bircls. 
  

  

  I 
  now 
  proceed 
  to 
  enumerate 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  Chatham 
  

   Islands, 
  giving 
  references 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Birds 
  of 
  

   New 
  Zealand.' 
  

  

  1. 
  MiRO 
  TRAVERSI. 
  

  

  Miro 
  traversi, 
  Buller, 
  Birds 
  of 
  N. 
  Z. 
  2nd 
  ed. 
  i. 
  p. 
  38. 
  

   Found 
  on 
  Mangare 
  islet. 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  specimens 
  

   marked 
  also 
  " 
  Little 
  Mangare/' 
  

  

  2. 
  Myiomoira 
  macrocephala. 
  

  

  AJyiomoira 
  macrocephala, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  42. 
  

   This 
  bird 
  occurs 
  also 
  in 
  South 
  Island 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  Auckland 
  Islands. 
  

  

  3. 
  Gerygone 
  albofrontata. 
  

  

  Gerygone 
  albofroiitata, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  49. 
  

  

  4. 
  SPHENOiACUS 
  RUFESCENS. 
  

  

  Sjjhenceacus 
  7'ufescens, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  62. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  has, 
  I 
  fear, 
  now 
  become 
  extinct 
  on 
  the 
  group. 
  

  

  5. 
  Anthus 
  N0V^-ZEALAND[.E. 
  

  

  Anthus 
  nov(B-2ealandi(B 
  , 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  63. 
  

   Still 
  abundant 
  on 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  islands. 
  

  

  6. 
  Rhipidura 
  flabellifera. 
  

  

  Rhipidura 
  flabelUfera, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  69. 
  

  

  7. 
  Rhipidura 
  fuliginosa. 
  

  

  Bhipidura 
  faUginosa, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  72. 
  

  

  