﻿inhabiting 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands. 
  527 
  

  

  Its 
  eggs 
  are 
  pure 
  white 
  aud 
  rotundo-ovoid 
  in 
  shape. 
  The 
  

   only 
  two 
  eggs 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  measure 
  105 
  x 
  0*85 
  and 
  

   1-00 
  X 
  0-85. 
  

  

  16. 
  Circus 
  gouldi. 
  

  

  Circus 
  gouldi, 
  Buller^ 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  206. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  now 
  becoming 
  very 
  rare 
  on 
  the 
  group. 
  I 
  

   found 
  its 
  remains, 
  associated 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  extinct 
  

   birds, 
  far 
  from 
  uncommon, 
  showing 
  that 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  it 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  now. 
  

  

  17. 
  Carpophaga 
  chathamensis. 
  

  

  Carpophaga 
  nova-zealandia, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  229. 
  

  

  Carpophaga 
  chathamensis, 
  Eothsch. 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1891, 
  p. 
  312. 
  

  

  Carpophaga 
  chathamica, 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes, 
  Nature, 
  vol. 
  xlvi. 
  

   p. 
  252 
  (1892). 
  

  

  Carpophaga 
  chathamensis, 
  Salvadori, 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  vol. 
  xxi. 
  

   p. 
  252. 
  

  

  The 
  native 
  name 
  is 
  " 
  Kuku,^^ 
  or 
  '' 
  Kukupa 
  '^ 
  according 
  to 
  

   Dr. 
  Dieffenbacb. 
  I 
  obtained 
  my 
  first 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  on 
  

   the 
  31st 
  of 
  January, 
  1892 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  shot 
  for 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hawkins 
  

   at 
  a 
  great 
  altitude 
  with 
  bis 
  rifle. 
  On 
  its 
  fall 
  I 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  

   observe 
  that 
  it 
  appeared 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  New-Zealand 
  

   species 
  — 
  although 
  I 
  could 
  scarcely 
  think 
  it 
  possible 
  that 
  it 
  

   should 
  have 
  been 
  overlooked 
  by 
  three 
  such 
  good 
  ornitho- 
  

   logists 
  as 
  Dr. 
  Dieffenbacb, 
  Mr. 
  Travers, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Potts, 
  who 
  

   must 
  all 
  have 
  eked 
  out 
  their 
  scanty 
  provisions 
  there 
  by 
  

   feeding 
  on 
  these 
  Pigeons. 
  This 
  was 
  nevertheless 
  the 
  case. 
  

   I 
  consequently 
  proposed 
  and 
  published, 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  'Nature' 
  [loc. 
  cit.), 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  C. 
  chathamica 
  iov 
  the 
  

   species, 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  was, 
  however, 
  anticipated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Bothschildj 
  whose 
  collectors 
  had 
  obtained 
  it 
  the 
  year 
  before 
  

   and 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  Tring. 
  

  

  This 
  Pigeon 
  is 
  now 
  becoming 
  scarce, 
  and 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  most 
  

   abundant 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  coast, 
  where 
  it 
  loves 
  to 
  play 
  in 
  the 
  

   strong 
  up-current 
  that 
  towers 
  into 
  the 
  air, 
  rebounding 
  from 
  

   the 
  perpendicular 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  cliffs, 
  when 
  a 
  strong 
  sea-breeze 
  

   is 
  blowing 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  coast, 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Chudleigh, 
  who 
  does 
  all 
  he 
  can 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  native 
  

   birds, 
  by 
  prohibiting 
  their 
  being 
  shot 
  on 
  his 
  property. 
  

  

  