250 Messrs. G. M. Mathews and Tom Iredale : 



Zeaknd,' 1873, p. 269, the first specimen was referred to 

 S. parasiticus auct,, non Liiine = S. longicaudus Vieillot (Nouv. 

 Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xxxii. 1819, p. 157). Re-examination 

 of the specimens preserved in the Dominion are necessary to 

 decide this matter. 



Order CHARADRIIFORMES. 

 Family MORINELLIDiE. 



Genus MORINELLA. 



Morinella Meyer & Wolf, Taschenb. Vogel, 1810, p. 382, 

 note. 



Type (by monotypy) : M. interprcs (Liiine). 



Morinella interpres oahnensis (Bloxham). Eastern Turn- 

 stone. 



Trinya oahuensis Bloxham, Voy. ' Blonde' Sandwich Is., 

 1826, p. 251 : Sandwich Islands. 



Synonym : — 



Arenaria interpres Buller, Siippl. vol. i. p. 171. [The type-locality 

 of Trinya interpres Liune, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 148, is 

 Swedeu.] 



Range : — New Zealand (irregular visitor) ; extralimital. 



Note : — In the order Charadriiformes Ave do not intend 

 to give the full synonymy of those birds which, breeding in 

 the Arctic and Subarctic zones of the Holarctic Region, 

 range southwards and occur as winter visitors or irregular 

 wanderers in New Zealand during the summer months from 

 November to April) . 



Family H^MATOPODID^. 

 Genus H^MATOPUS. 



Hcematopus Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 152. 

 Type (by monotypy) : H. odrulegus Linne. 



