1869.| DR. G. HARTLAUB ON ANARHYNCHUS FRONTALIS. 435 
iter se conjuncti; internus externo brevior. Ungues acuti. 
Ptilosis wé in Hiaticulis. 
ANARHYNCHUS FRONTALIS, Q. et G. 
A. frontalis, Q. et G. Zool. Astrol. i. p- 252, t. 31. f. 2 (av. jun.); 
Reichenb. Syst. Av. Nat. t. 17; id. Nat. Vg. f. 658; Less. Compl. 
CEuvr. Buff. ix. p. 427. 
Thinornis? frontalis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 545; id. List 
of B. N. Zeal. p. 22; Dieffenb. Trav. N. Z. ii. p- 196; Zool. Ereb. 
and Terr. (Birds) p. 12. 
? Charadrius frontalis, Ellm. Zoologist, 1861, p. 7469; Bonap. 
Compt. Rend. Acad. tome xliii.; Excurs. div. Mus. et Tabl. parall. 
Kchass. p. 17. 
Diag.—Supra cinereus, scapis plumarum obscuris subfuscescenti- 
bus; macula frontali alba, supra nigro marginata; subtus albus, 
Sascia pectorali latiuscula, circumscripte nigra; remigibus ob- 
scure fuscescentibus, seapis albis ; subalaribus et subcaudalibus 
albis; rectricibus intermediis fuscescentibus, pallidius margi- 
natis, reliquis albis, medialiter nonnihil infuscatis ; rostro ni- 
gro; pedibus obscuris. 
Jun. Fascia pectorali nigra nulla; macula frontali alba absque 
margine nigro. 
Long. tot. cirea 63", rostr. 1", al. 4" 6", tars. 1", dig. med. 102", 
ung. dig. med. 1!"", 
Upper parts ashy grey, with the shafts of the feathers of an ob- 
scure fuscous-brown ; a circumscript frontal spot white, with a 
narrow black upper margin ; lores white ; ears whitish, mixed ; under 
parts pure white, with a circumscript black band over the upper 
part of the breast ; wing-feathers fuscous-brown, with white shafts ; 
the inner web whitish, but the tips all brown; secondaries grey, a 
little infuscated along the middle ; upper wing-coverts like the back ; 
under wing-coverts white; tail-feathers brownish, with the margins 
paler and greyish, lateral ones white, a little brownish along the 
middie; upper tail-coverts like the back ; under tail-coverts white ; 
beak black ; feet dark greyish. (¢ and 9.) 
The younger bird, as figured by Quoy and Gaimard, has the under 
parts all white, without the pectoral band; but the grey colour of 
the upper part advances a little on the sides of the upper breast. 
Long. tot. _rostr. al. caud. tars. dig. med. 
6" gl jg qu gm peau }yi ROL EB.) 
6 6 13 4 6 lL 6 IL 10 @2.) 
Ge" Shur 3 — = 13 12- (juv.) 
The collectors of the ‘Astrolabe’ expedition discovered the Ana- 
rhynchus at Chouraki (Houraki?) Bay, a deep and spacious inden- 
tation of the east coast of the Northern Island of New Zealand. 
There it lived along the marshy shores of the sea; and small flocks 
were observed on the salt-water channels surrounding this locality. 
If Mr. Ellman’s Charadrius frontalis really applies to our bird (a 
