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  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  

  

  13. 
  Chrysococcyx 
  lucidus. 
  

   Chrysococcyx 
  lucidus, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i, 
  p. 
  132. 
  

  

  The 
  Shining 
  Cuckoo 
  which 
  visits 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands 
  is 
  o£ 
  

   the 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  the 
  Australian, 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  

   Zealand 
  also. 
  The 
  belief 
  some 
  time 
  prevalent, 
  therefore, 
  

   that 
  one 
  species 
  migrated 
  to 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  

   different 
  species 
  passed 
  to 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  

   rest 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  mistake. 
  

  

  14. 
  CyANORHAMPHUS 
  NOVyE-ZEALANDI^. 
  

  

  Platycer'cus 
  novce-zealandice, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  137. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  was, 
  in 
  Dieffenbach's 
  time, 
  1840, 
  very 
  much 
  

   more 
  abundant 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  now. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  Wharekauri 
  

   and 
  on 
  Rangiauria, 
  but 
  not 
  on 
  Mangare, 
  where 
  Cyanorham- 
  

   phus 
  forbesi 
  only 
  occurs. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Dieffenbach, 
  in 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  his 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Chatham 
  

   Islands 
  (J. 
  R. 
  G. 
  S. 
  vol. 
  xi. 
  p. 
  207), 
  observes 
  that 
  '^a 
  little 
  

   green 
  Parroquet 
  flocks 
  in 
  hundreds 
  to 
  the 
  potato-fields, 
  

   and 
  proves 
  a 
  great 
  nuisance 
  to 
  the 
  farmer 
  by 
  picking 
  up 
  the 
  

   seed 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  sown. 
  This 
  bird 
  is 
  generally 
  a 
  little 
  

   larger 
  than 
  the 
  New 
  -Zealand 
  Parroquet, 
  and 
  is 
  perhaps 
  a 
  

   difi'erent 
  species. 
  ^^ 
  

  

  15. 
  CyANORHAMPHUS 
  FORBESI. 
  

  

  Platycercus 
  auriceps, 
  Travers, 
  Tr. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst. 
  v. 
  p. 
  216 
  ; 
  

   Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  142. 
  

  

  Cyanorhawphus 
  forbesi, 
  Rothsch. 
  P. 
  Z, 
  S. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  529. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Ornithologists'" 
  Club 
  on 
  the 
  

   17th 
  of 
  May 
  last 
  I 
  exhibited 
  a 
  skin 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  my 
  correspondent, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Hawkins, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Chathaui 
  Islands, 
  and 
  observed 
  that 
  it 
  seemed 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  differ 
  

   from 
  Cyanorhamphus 
  auriceps 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  in 
  several 
  

   points, 
  but 
  that 
  my 
  limited 
  material 
  did 
  not 
  enable 
  me 
  to 
  

   come 
  to 
  a 
  decision 
  upon 
  the 
  subject. 
  The 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Roth- 
  

   schild, 
  in 
  whose 
  collection 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  unrivalled 
  series 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  locality, 
  has 
  investigated 
  the 
  question 
  and 
  has 
  

   arrived 
  at 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  Chatham 
  

   Islands 
  differs 
  from 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  mainland. 
  He 
  has 
  done 
  me 
  

   the 
  honour 
  to 
  associate 
  my 
  name 
  Avith 
  the 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  little 
  islet 
  of 
  Mangare. 
  

  

  