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Contents. 



II. — Zoology, 



XIX. 



XX. 

 XXI. 



XXII. 



XXIII. 



XXIV. 



XXV. 

 XXVI. 



XXVII. 

 XXVIII. 



XXIX. 



XXX, 



XXXI. 



XXXII. 

 XXXIII. 



By James 



154- 

 171- 



XXXIV. 



XXXV. 



XXXVI. 

 XXXVII. 



On the Whales and Dolphins of the New Zealand Seas 

 Hector, M.D., F.RS. 



On the Birds of New Zealand (Part III. ). By T. H. Potts, F.L.S. 



Bemarks on some Birds of New Zealand. By Otto Pinsch, Ph.D. 

 of Bremen, Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst. ... 



On the Birds of the Chatham Islands. By H. H. Travers. With 

 Introductory Remarks on the Avifauna and Flora of the Islands 

 in their Relation to those of New Zealand. By W. T. L. 

 Travers, F.L.S. 



Notes on some of the Birds brought by Mr. Henry Travers from 

 the Chatham Islands, with Descriptions of the New Species. 

 By Captain F. W. Hutton, C.M.Z.S. 



Notes on some of the New Zealand Birds. By James Morton ; 

 communicated by Captain Hutton... 



Note on CoUuricincla concinna, Hutton. By Captain F. W. Hutton 226 



On the Geographical Relations of the New Zealand Fauna. By 

 Captain F. W. Hutton 



On the New Zealand Sertularians. By Captain F. W. Hutton ... 



By Captain 



-170 

 -205 



206—212 



212—222 



222—224 



225- 



227- 

 256- 



Contributions to the Ichthyology of New Zealand 



F. W. Hutton ... ... ... ... 259- 



Notes on some Undescribed Fishes of New Zealand. By Julius 



Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., Director of the Canterbury Museum ... 272- 



Notice of a New Species of Moth in New Zealand. By Walter L. 



Buller, D.Sc, F.L.S., etc. ... ... .. 279- 



On the Spiders of New Zealand (Part I., Genus Salticus). By LI. 



Powell, M.D. .. ... ... .. 280- 



Notes on the Stridulating Organs of the Cicada. By LI. Powell, M. D. 286- 



On the Direct Injuries to Vegetation in New Zealand by various 

 Insects, especially with reference to Larvae of Moths and Beetles 

 feeding upon the Field Crops ; and the expediency of introduc- 

 ing Insectivorous Birds as a Remedy. By R. W. Fereday, 

 C.M.E.S.L. ... ... ... ... 289- 



Remarks on the Coleoptera of Canterbury, New Zealand, By C. M. 



Wakefield ... .. ... .. 294- 



On the Skeleton of an Aboriginal Inhabitant of the Chatham 



Islands. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. ... ...304- 



0\)&exY2kt\o\\s, on NaAiltinus i^ttcificus, Gray. By F. J. Knox ... 307- 



Note on Ctenolahrus Jcnoxi. By F. J. Knox 



-226 



-227 



-256 

 -259 



-272 



-278 



-280 



-286 

 -288 



-294 



-304 



-306 



-308 



308 



III. — Botany, 



XXXVIII. Preliminary Notes on Mr. H. H. Travers' Recent Collections of 

 Plants from the Chatham Islands. By Baron Ferd. von Mueller, 

 C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst. ... 



XXXIX. On the Origin in New Zealand of Polygonum aviculdre, L. By 

 W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. 



XL. Further Notes on the Nativity of Polygonum aviculare, L., in New 

 Zealand, in reply to Mr. Travers. By Thomas Kirk, F.L.S. . . 



XLI. Notes on thfe Naturalized Plants of the Chatham Islands. By T. 

 Kirk ... 



XLII. Notes on the Flora of the Lake District of the North Island. By 

 T. Kirk 



309—310 



310—314 



315—320 



320—322 



XLIII. On the Specific Characters of Dicknonia antarcfka, Br., and Dick- 

 sonia Icaiata, Col. By T. Kirk 



322—345 



345—347 



