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of the Order of Francis-Joseph of Austria, of Frederick of 

 Wiirtemberg, and of Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt, and an 

 Officer of the Legion of Honour in France. Three species of 

 birds which bear his name as their specific title — Larus bulleri 

 of Hutton, Diomedea bulleri of Rothschild, and Puffinus 

 bulleri of Salvin — will recall his fame to the memory of 

 the future ornithologists of New Zealand. 



List of Sir Walter Butler's principal Ornithological Works. 



Essay on the Ornithology of New Zealand. 8vo. Dunedin, I860. 

 A History of the Birds of New Zealand. 4to. London, 1873. 



■ . 2nd edition. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1887-88. 



Manual of the Birds of New Zealand. 8vo. Wellington, 1882. 



A Classified List of Mr. S. William Silver's Collection of New Zealand 



Birds (at the Manor House, Letcombe Regis). 8vo. London, 1888. 

 Illustrations of Darwinism, or the Avifauna of New Zealand considered 



in relation to the Fundamental Law of Descent with Modification. 



8vo. Wellington, 1895. 

 Supplement to the Birds of New Zealand. 2 vols. 4to. London, 



l!)0o-06. 



XLIII. — Letters, Notes and Extracts. 



The following letters addressed " To the Editors of ' The 

 Ibis ' " have been received : — 



Sirs, — A Ruff aud Reeve (Machetes pugnax) visited the 

 marshes within a few miles of Redcar in the summer of 

 1901, and, judging from subsecpuent experience of their 

 movements, succeeded in nesting and taking their young- 

 brood off in safety. 



In the following year a diligent watch was kept for the 

 re-appearance of the visitors, and on the 10th of May the 

 arrival of the Ruff and two Reeves was announced. In 

 company with two friends I repeatedly saw the birds and 

 their first nests. The eggs were destroyed by accident about 

 the end of May, but both females nested again, hatched their 

 eggs, and got the young away. 



In 1903 the Ruff and one Reeve appeared in May, but 



