402 Messrs. G. M. Matliews and Tom Iredale : 



Fu. [ = 'Fauna Svecica'] 92. Hellsinggas*, as Clusius names 

 it^ and it is certain that it, in our country, chiefly lives in 

 Helsingeland [ = Helsingia, at that time meaning northern 

 Sweden generally] ; but that it has received its name from 

 this can neither be proved nor denied. This as well as ... . 

 species lay their eggs in our country, and hatch their young 

 here, but fly from us during the winter and become useful 

 to other nationalities, and they are shot in Holland in 

 considerable quantities. They have rather palatable flesh, 

 and it is a pity that we do not use them, as we have more 

 right to do so, because they propagate in our country." 

 This proves very plainly that Linuseus regarded Anser 

 erythropus as a species breeding in Sweden, and as this only 

 is the case with the Lesser White-fronted Goose [not with 

 Anser aJhifruns Scop.), the specific name ^'"erythropus" must 

 be used for the smaller form. 



Anser albifrons Scop, has never been found breeding in 

 Sweden. Every statement to the contrary is based upon 

 error. 



XXIII. — A Reference List of the Birds of Neiv Zealand. 

 Part II. By Gregory M. Mathews, M.B O.U,, and Tom 



Iredale. 



[Contiuued from p. 263.] 



Order A RDEI FORMES. 



Family PLEGADID^. 

 Gemi8 PLEGADIS. 

 Plegadis Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. p. 82, 

 1829. 



Type (by monotypy) : P . falcinellus (Linne). 



Plegadis falcinellus (Linne). Glossy Ibis. 



Tantalus falcinellus Linne, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 1766, 

 p, 241 : Austria. 



Synonym : — 



Plegadis falcinellus B tiller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 192. 



* In translation from the Swedish text. 



