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ZOOLOG IC'AL GEOGR APH Y. 



[part [II. 



Family and Oeniis. 



Sturnid.-e. 



10. Cveadion 



11. Heterolocha ... 



12. Callseas 



Nestorid^. 



13. Nestor 



Stringopid.^. 



14. Striiinjops 



Strigid.i;. 



15. (Sceloglaux) ... 



Rallid.e. 



16. Ocydromus 



17. Notoniis 



C'lIARADRIlD.E. 



18. Thiuomis 



19. Anarhynchu^ ... 



Anatid.e. 



20. Hyiuenolirinus 



Apterygid-E. 



21. Apteryx 



Xo. of 



-pecies. 



Remarks. 



The.se three genera are probably 

 allied, and perhaps form a dis- 

 tinct family. 



3 A peculiar family of Parrots. 

 1 A peculiar family of Parrots. 

 1 .s.g. of Athene. 



() Allied to Eulabeornis, an Au.stralian 



genus. 

 1 Allied to I'orphijrio, a genus of wide 



range. 



1 Allied to Malacorhynclius, an Aus- 

 tralian genus. 



4 Forming a peciiliar family. 



We liave tliu.s a wonderful amount of speciality; yet tlie afii- 

 nities of tlie fauna, whenever they can be traced, are with Aus- 

 tralia or Polynesia. Nine genera of New Zealand birds are 

 characteristically Australian, and the eiglit genera of wide range 

 are Australian also. Of the peculiar genera, 7 or 8 are undoubtedly 

 allied to Australian groups. There are also four Australian and 

 one Polynesian species. Even the peculiar famili/, Nestoridae, is 

 allied to the Australian Trichoglossid^e. "We have therefore every 

 gradation of similarity to the Australian fauna, from identical 

 species, through identical genera, and allied genera, to distinct 

 but allied families ; clearly indicating very long continued yet 

 rare immigations from Australia or I'olynesia; immigrations which 

 are continued down to our day. Por resident ornithologists be- 

 lieve, that the Zosterops lateralis has found its way to New Zea- 

 land within the last few years, and that the two cuckoos now 

 migrate annuallv, the one from Australia, the other from some 



