Finsch. — On New Zealand Ornithology. 235 



No. 133, p. 257. Dysporus serrator. Banks. 



Hutton's valuable notes on this species, observed by him on the Great 

 Barrier Island, are not mentioned in Dr. Bailer's work. 



No. 134, p. 257. Gracidus carbo, L. 



Dr. Buller feels sure that Gr. carboides, from New Zealand and Australia, 

 is specifically different, but unfortunately does not mention the distinguishing 

 characters. 



P. 258, after No. 134, add Gracidus caruacidatus, Gml. 



This species has been doubted by me as regards its occurrence in New 

 Zealand, but having examined a specimen from the Chatham Islands, for- 

 warded by Dr. Hector, I have no longer any doubt about it. Gr. carunculatus 

 may be easily distinguished from Gr. cirrhatus, Gml., from Magellan Straits, 

 in having the sides of the head and neck dark, and by having a feathered 

 stripe along the naked gular and chin regions, which parts are totally naked 

 in cirrhatus. 



No. 13G, p. 258. Gracidus (?) sidcirostris, Brandt. 



Although omitted in Dr. Buller's work, there can be no doubt that Mr. 

 Peale collected a shag in the Bay of Islands, which, like Gr. chalconotus, Gray, 

 has not yet been observed since. This species, Gr. purpuragula, Peale, 

 seems to be very near if not identical with Gr. stictocej)halus, Bp. 

 sulcirostris, Br. 



No. 138, p. 259, add 



Gracidus featlierstoni, Buller. Ibis 1873, p. 90. 



GraculuSy nov. sp., Finsch, Jour. f. Orn. 1872, p. 274 (July). 



Gr. africanus, Hutt. (nee Gml), Ibis 1872, p. 249 (July). 

 An excellent and most beautiful species, of which I received a specimen 

 through, the kindness of Dr. Hector. 



No. 139, p. -59. Gracidus brevirostris, Gould. 



A fledgling, received from Dr. Haast, is of a black colour throughout. I 

 still doubt whether the true Gr. melanoleucus, Vieill. (Bull., Hist. B. N. Z., 

 p. 333), will occur in New Zealand if really different from brevirostris. 



Tachypetes minor (Gml.) must be included in the avifauna of New 

 Zealand. (Bull., Hist. B. N. Z., p. 342.) 



No. 141, p. 260. Podiceps cristatus, L. 



I received the type of P. hectori, Buller, from the Wellington Museum, 

 and wonder how Dr. Buller could venture to distinguish his species " by the 

 total absence of white on the shoulders and quills," as the white on these 

 parts is developed exactly as in our European cristatus* 



* See explanation in Buller's Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand, Trans. 



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