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',. 12. Buchanrja teucoijenys. IJowlik, 10 June, 1907. 



13. Pycnonotiis sinensis. Ilowlik, 18 Maj', 1907. 



14. Co])sychi(s simlaris. Ilowlik, 11 June, 190G. 



lo. Lanins coUxrioides. Luktau, near Tak-hing, 8 July, 1907. 



16. Chihia Jwttentotta. Howlik, 3 June, 1906. 



17. Urocissa erythrorhyncha. Houg Kong, 4 3Iay, 1908. 



18. Lonins tticionensis. Shau-kwan (North Eiver), 19 May, 



1905. 



19. Linnwhmius fuscus. Sam-sliui, 8 August, 1907, 



20. Otocompsa emerin. Ilowlik, 5 June, 1904, 



21. Pycnonotus atricapiltiis. Macao, 13 May, 1900. 



22. Myiophoneus caruJius. Ilong Kong, 19 May, 1908, 



TTo be contiuued.l 



XII. — A Reference List of the Birds of Neiv Zealand. Part I. 

 By Gregory M. Matheavs, M.B.O.U.^ and Tom Iredale. 



The preparation of the " Reference List to the Birds of 

 Australia " by one of us necessitated the examination of 

 much New ZeaLind material, and the more recent investi- 

 gation into the Petrels of the Southern Hemisphere by the 

 same author during the progress of his ' Birds of Australia/ 

 indicated so many errors in the accepted nomenclature of 

 the birds of New Zealand that the publication of a cor- 

 rected list seems desirable. The other, having studied 

 the New Zealand Avifauna, both in the field and in the 

 cabinet, had much knowledge regarding the more local 

 fauna. The collaboration will, we trust, place the nomen- 

 clature upon a sound basis for future workers. We 

 would point out that this List is entirely new work, in 

 which all the birds have been examined and the references 

 verified and specimens compared. No such work has been 

 done in connection with New Zealand birds since the first 

 issue of Buller's 'Birds of New Zealand' forty years ago, and, 

 unfortunately, since that time little attempt has been made 

 to bring the nomenclature there used into line with that 

 commonly accepted by the scientific world of the present day. 

 As recently as T906 Buller published his ' Supplement to the 

 Birds of New Zealand,' and therein altered the arrangement 



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