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ing to 34 genera. Of this latter number, 1(>, or nearly half, are 

 peculiar ; and there are also 5 peculiar genera of waders and 

 aquatic birds, making 21 in all. Of the remaining genera of 

 land-birds, four are cosmopolite or of very wide range, while the 

 remainder are characteristic of the Australian region. The 

 following is a list of the Australian genera found in Xew 

 Zealand : Sphena:acus, Gcrygone, Orthonyx (Sylviidip) ; Graucalus 

 (Campephagidce) ; Rhipvlura (Muscicapidoe) ; Anihochccra (Aleli- 

 phagidse) ; Zosterops (Dicieidai') ; Cyanoramplms (Platycercida?) ; 

 Carpopliaga (Columbidce) ; Hieracidea (Falconidpe) ; Trihonyx 

 (Eallidaj). Besides these there are several genera of wide 

 range, as follows: — Anthus (Motacillidpe) ; Hirundo (Hirun- 

 dinidfe) ; Chrysococcyx, Eudynamis (Cuculidae) ; Halcyon (Alce- 

 dinidffi) ; Coturnix (TetraonidcT) ; Circus (Falconidae) ; Athene 

 (Strigidpe). 



]\lost of the above genera are represented by peculiar New 

 Zealand species, but in several cases the species are identical 

 with those of Australia, as in the following : Anthochcera carun- 

 cidata, Zosteropis lateralis, Hirundo nigricans, and Chrysococcyx 

 lucidus ; also one — Evclynamis taitensis — which is Polynesian. 



"We now come to the genera peculiar to New Zealand, which 

 are of especial interest : 



List of Genera of Birds Peculiar to New Zealand. 



