230 Transactions. — Zoology. 



No. 39, p. IGl. Rhipidura fzdlyinosa, Gml. 



Tlirougli Dr. Haast and Dr. Hector I got a good many specimens of this 

 species, and among them some with wliite feathers above and below the eye ; 

 so there can be no doubt that the Rh. melanura is this species. 



No. 273, p. 1G5. ColluHcincla concinna, Hutt. 



Graucalus melano])s, Hutt., Ibis 1872, p. 201. 

 Graucalus concinnus, Hutt., Trans. V., p. 226. 

 is Graucalus 2^(i'i"i^i'i'ostris, Goukl, as I can state positively, after having 

 examined one of the typical specimens shot near Invercargill, forwarded to me 

 through the kindness of Dr. Hector. The characters pointed out by Captain 

 Hutton as being of specific value are only signs of a younger age, and may 

 be observed also in other species of the genus. The few si^ecimens observed 

 in New Zealand are no doubt accidental stragglers from Tasmania. 



P. 166. In place of Fam. Corvidce put " Fam. Ftilorhynchmoi, Sundev.," 

 in which both species of the genus Keropia must be placed. 



P. 167, before No. 45, put "Fam. Glaucopidce — Callceadince Sundev., 

 Meth. Nat. Av., 1872, p. 40," embracing the genera Glaucopis, Ueteralocha, 

 and Creadio. The characters of this family have been pointed out very 

 exactly by Prof. Sundevall (I.e.). 



P. 167. Sub-fam. Sturnince must be expunged, as Creadio is not a Star- 

 ling at all. 



No. 48, p. 167. Creadio carwiculatus, Gml. 



Latham and Quoy (Voy. I'Astr., t.l2) were acquainted with the young 

 bird (Cr. cinereus, Buller). 



No. 47, p. 167. Aplonis zeakmdicics, Quoy. 



The French naturalist collected the singular bird described under the 

 name of Lamiyrotornis zealandicus (Voy. I'Astr., t.9, f.l) near Tasman Bay, 

 and nobody has any right to expunge it from the avifauna of New Zealand, 

 although it has not been rediscovered since. 



No. 51, p. 168. Charadrius falvus, Gml. 



The only specimen said to have been obtained in New Zealand, and which 

 existed in any New Zealand Museum, I got for comparison from the Auckland 

 Museum through the kindness of Mr. Kirk. 



No. 24, p. 169. TJdnornls novce-zealandice, Gml. 



I had the pleasure of receiving a specimen from the Chatham Islands 

 through Dr. Hector, and consider Thinornis to be a valid genus. As we 

 learn from Dr. Buller, 21l. rossli, Gray, is certainly the young of this species. 



No. 62, p. 172, Ardea sacra, Gml. 



The fact that no white specimen of this species has yet been observed iu 



