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Himantopus nove-zealandie, Gould. 
This is the unicolour black one, and the same as H. melas, Homb. and 
Jacq. The pied stilt, therefore, named H. novæ-zealandiæ by Capt. Hutton, 
(“ Cat. Birds N.Z.,” p. 29), will be nothing as a state of the black species, 
whereas H. novæ-zealandiæ, Potts (Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. IL., p. 70), is pro- 
bably H. leucocephalus, Gould. 
Tringa canutus, Hutton (“ Cat. Birds N .Z.,” p. 30), 
This, I expect, will turn out to be Zr. crassirostris, Temm. and Schleg. 
(Faun. jap. pl. 64), the larger eastern representative of canutus. 
Ocydromus troglodytes, Gml. ; O. australis, Finsch, “Journ. f. Orm.” 
1870, p. 352. 
This species has been hitherto confused with australis, Sparrm. I shall 
treat of all the New Zealand Ocydromi (four Species) extensively in my 
paper, with full descriptions and their corrected Synonymy. O. troglodytes is 
the largest, and easily recognizable by its olive brownish-yellow colouration, 
and is the bird figured by Gray (“ Ereb. and Terr.” t. 14), 
Ocydromus australis, Sparrm. 
Considerably smaller, and of an olive, rufescent-brown, ground colour ; 
tail feathers barred regularly with black and rufous brown. 
I received one specimen from Dr. Haast. 
Ocydromus fuscus, Du Bus. , 
T examined one of the types of 0. nigricans, Bull. There can be no doubt 
of its identity, as I declared already. 
Rallus pectoralis, Less. 
Specimens from the Okarita Lagoon, sent by Dr. Haast, agree perfectly 
with others from Australia, the Pelew and Samoa Islands. 
Mr. Potts’ new R. pictus (Ibis, 1872, p. 36) based upon a specimen from 
the same locality, has no claim as a species. 
Lestris parasitica, Hutton (“ Cat. Birds N.Z.” p. 40) 
Is apparently not this species, but Z. longicaudatus, Briss. (Buffoni, Boie 
—spinicauda, Hardy nec Layard.) 
Larus novæ-hollandiæ, Steph. (L. scopulinus, Finsch, Hutton, Potts.) 
I shall describe all the plumages of this very confused species and settle 
the synonymy. 
The larger Z. jamesoni, Gould, is not yet separated exactly, although 
there exists a great variety in size, especially in the bill. 
Larus pomare, Bruch. “Journ. f. Orn.,” 1855, p. 285, nee 1855, p. 103. 
To this species belong Z. melanorhynchus, Bull. 3 L. bulleri et jamesoni, 
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