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Oiatliara Isliind pj^erimen. It is very accurately fi°:ure(l and 

 colonred in Euller's second edition ; but it proves to be very 

 different from the true G. pusilJa. The only other example 

 in existence, so far as I am aTvare, is a second specimen 

 obtained on the Snares at the same time by Baron A. von 

 Hiige], and in the collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 

 I propose to discriminate it as 



Gallixago huzgeli, sp. nov. 

 G. pileo et loris nigro-fuscis ; corpore supra rufescente cer- 

 vino variegato; plumis rufo stricte marginati<5 ; cervice 

 rufescente, brunneo dense striata ; pectore et abdoraine 

 castaneis brunneo dense fasciatis ; remigibus brunneis ; 

 rectricibus quatuordecim, tribus externis psrangustis 

 cum margine albo ; tarsis et pedibus al!)idis. Long. 

 alaB 4-1, rostri 2, tarsi -9. 

 Hah. Snares Islands. 



This species may at once be distinguished from its con- 

 geners by its much redder hue, and especially by the 

 remarkable fineness and delicacy of its markings, the 

 edgings of the upper plumage and the striation and bands 

 on the lower surface being very much smaller, closer, and 

 more distinct. In the other two species the abdomen and 

 thighs are whitish, while in this they are thickly barred.- 

 In this species the three outer tail-feathers on each side are 

 attenuated with a white edging. In the others only the 

 two outer pairs of tail-feathers appear to be so attenuated. 



There would therefore appear to be three species of 

 Gallbiago in the islands round New Zealand : — G. auck- 

 landica in the Aucklands, G. jmsiila in the Chathttms, and 

 G. hueyeli in the Snares, all being sedentary, or nearly so, in 

 their several localities. To these further research will 

 probably add a fourth from Antipodes Island, whence a 

 single specimen has been received by Sir Jas. Hector, who 

 stated it to be larger, darker in plumage, and vkith a more 

 curved bill than the Auckland species. Unfortunately he 

 did not describe it. 



I subjoin the measurements of the three species: — 



