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describes liow ttose parrots are very liable to vary ; wbicb, however, is again 

 contradicted by tbe fact tbat several specimens of it have been procured (28). 



8. Eallus peatheestoni, Buller. 

 Tbere is no doubt about tbe specific character of this species. 



9. PoDicEPS HECTOEi, Bullcr. 

 A genuine crested diver, closely allied to P. cristatus, Linn., (G. australis, 

 Grould,) from which it is easily distinguished, as Mr. Buller says very 

 properly, by the uniformly dark colour of the wings and shoulders. This 

 diver corresponds probably with Podiceps cristatus (?) which was mentioned 

 by Haast ("Ibis," 1862, p. 103). 



LIST OP NEW ZEALAND BIEDS (29). 



The species marked with an (*) are indigenous ; those marked with a note of 



interrogation are doubtful. 



Ealco novse-zealandise, Gml. 

 Circus assimilis, Jard. 

 Athene novse-zealandise, Gml. 



albifacies, Gray. 

 Scops novse-zealandise, Bp. 

 Stris delicatula, Gould. 

 Halcyon vagans, Gray. 

 Heteralocha gouldi, Gray. 

 Anthochgera buUeri, Mnsch. 

 Prosthemadera novas-zealandise, Gml. 

 Anthornis melanura, Sparrm. 



melanocephala, Gray. 

 auriocula, Buller. 

 ruficepg, Pelzeln. 

 Pogonornis cincta, Buhus. 

 Xenicus longipes, Gonl. 

 stokesii, Gray. 

 Acanthisitta chloris, Sparrm. 

 Mohoua oehrocephala, Gml. 

 Sphenoeacus punctatus, Q,uoy and Gaim. 



fulvus, Gray. 

 Gerygone igata, Quoy and Gaim. 

 flaviventris, Gray. 

 albofrontata, Gray. 

 assimilis, Buller. 

 Certhiparus novse-zealandife, Gml. 

 albieilla, Less. 

 maculicaudus. Gray. 

 Petroica macrocephala, Gml. 

 dieffenbachi. Gray. 

 toitoi, Less, and Gam. 

 longipes, Less, and Ga/rn, 

 albifrons, Gml. 



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