﻿inhabiting 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands. 
  533 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  now 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  islet 
  of 
  Mangare, 
  where 
  

   1 
  fear 
  its 
  fate 
  is 
  sealed, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  recent 
  introduction 
  of 
  

   cats 
  into 
  its 
  hitherto 
  foeless 
  home. 
  

  

  Bones 
  referable 
  apparently 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  have, 
  however, 
  

   been 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  sub-fossil 
  remains 
  in 
  Wharekauri. 
  

  

  34. 
  Ardea 
  egretta. 
  

  

  Ardea 
  egretta, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  124. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  was 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  abundant, 
  I 
  was 
  told, 
  on 
  the 
  

   islands 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  become, 
  if 
  not 
  absolutely 
  

   extinct, 
  extremely 
  rare. 
  Just 
  before 
  my 
  visit 
  (in 
  1892) 
  a 
  

   pair 
  had 
  arrived 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  exhausted 
  condition, 
  and 
  fell 
  a 
  

   prey 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  to 
  the 
  gun 
  of 
  a 
  native. 
  My 
  corre- 
  

   spondent, 
  Mr. 
  Hawkins, 
  tells 
  me 
  that 
  two 
  pairs 
  have 
  arrived 
  

   on 
  Wharekauri 
  (the 
  main 
  island) 
  since 
  my 
  visit. 
  This 
  bird 
  

   is 
  now 
  rare 
  on 
  New 
  Zealand 
  itself; 
  but 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  wide 
  

   range, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  discover 
  from 
  what 
  land 
  the 
  few 
  

   examples 
  that 
  have 
  arrived 
  recently 
  have 
  come. 
  

  

  35. 
  BOTAURUS 
  PCECILOPTILUS. 
  

  

  Botaurus 
  jxeciloptilus, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  141. 
  

   The 
  Maoriori 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  bird 
  is 
  Matuku. 
  

  

  36. 
  Phalacrocorax 
  nov^-hollandi<'r. 
  

   Phalacrocorax 
  nov<s-hollandi(S 
  , 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  145. 
  

  

  37. 
  Phalacrocorax 
  brevirostris. 
  

   Fhalacrocorax 
  brevirostris, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  168. 
  

  

  38. 
  Phalacrocorax 
  featherstoni. 
  

  

  Graculus 
  africanus, 
  Hutton, 
  Tr. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst. 
  v. 
  p. 
  224 
  (1872). 
  

  

  Phalacrocorax 
  featherstoni, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  166. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  shape 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  P. 
  rothschildi. 
  In 
  size 
  they 
  vary 
  slightly 
  : 
  

   2-25 
  X 
  1-35, 
  2-25 
  x 
  1-40, 
  2-30 
  x 
  1-50, 
  2-40 
  x 
  1-50. 
  

  

  39. 
  Phalacrocorax 
  onslowi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Phalacrocorax 
  imperiaUs, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  153. 
  

   Phalacrocorax 
  cirrhatus, 
  Hutton, 
  Tr. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst. 
  xi. 
  p. 
  336 
  

  

  (1879). 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  * 
  Birds 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand,^ 
  Sir 
  Walter 
  Buller, 
  in 
  both 
  

   editions, 
  describes 
  and 
  figures 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  of 
  Cormorant 
  

   from 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  edition 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  

  

  