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  Transaciions. 
  — 
  Zoology, 
  

  

  huUaitd'uey 
  AVIien 
  I 
  was 
  in 
  Loudon, 
  Dr. 
  Finscli 
  courteously 
  foi-wardetl 
  ine 
  

   the 
  same 
  drawings 
  for 
  examination, 
  but, 
  as 
  stated 
  at 
  page 
  277 
  of 
  ' 
  The 
  Birds 
  

   of 
  New 
  Zealand,' 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  accept 
  his 
  conclusions, 
  my 
  bird 
  being 
  

   entirely 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  so-called 
  type 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  Mainz 
  

   Museum. 
  The 
  explanation 
  now 
  offered 
  puts 
  the 
  matter 
  in 
  a 
  perfectly 
  clear 
  

   light; 
  and 
  \)oi\i 
  pom 
  are 
  (Bnich) 
  and 
  melanorhi/nclia 
  (mihi) 
  having 
  been 
  

   previously 
  employed 
  for 
  other 
  species, 
  our 
  black-billed 
  gull 
  must 
  stand 
  as 
  

   Larus 
  bulleri, 
  Hutton, 
  under 
  which 
  name 
  it 
  is 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  in 
  my 
  

   work. 
  

  

  Art. 
  XLVII. 
  — 
  On 
  a 
  further 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  Tree 
  Su-allow 
  (Hylo- 
  

   chelidon 
  nigricans) 
  in 
  Xciv 
  Zealand. 
  By 
  Walter 
  L. 
  Bullee, 
  C.M.G., 
  

   D.Sc. 
  

  

  [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Pldlosophieal 
  Society, 
  17th 
  August, 
  1878.] 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ' 
  Birds 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  ' 
  I 
  have 
  recorded 
  two 
  distinct 
  occurrences 
  of 
  

   the 
  Tree 
  Swallow 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  as 
  a 
  visitant 
  from 
  Australia. 
  In 
  the 
  

   summer 
  of 
  1851, 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  JoUie 
  observed 
  a 
  flight 
  of 
  swallows 
  at 
  Wakapuaka, 
  

   in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Nelson, 
  and 
  succeeded 
  in 
  shooting 
  one 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  14tli 
  

   March, 
  1856, 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lea, 
  at 
  Taupata, 
  near 
  Cape 
  

   Farewell. 
  This 
  is 
  still 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  Otago 
  Museum. 
  It 
  would 
  appear 
  

   from 
  some 
  observations 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Sir 
  David 
  Monro, 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  

   this 
  Society 
  in 
  February, 
  1875,''' 
  that 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  other 
  instances 
  of 
  

   its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  Nelson. 
  Having 
  reference, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  bird, 
  I 
  

   have 
  lately 
  received 
  the 
  following 
  interesting 
  communication 
  from 
  a 
  gentle- 
  

   man 
  in 
  Blenheim 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  22nclJune, 
  1878. 
  

   "Dr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  BuLLEB, 
  Wellington. 
  

  

  " 
  Dear 
  Sir 
  — 
  Knowing 
  the 
  great 
  interest 
  you 
  take 
  in 
  the 
  ornithology 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  

   I 
  wish 
  to 
  bring 
  under 
  your 
  notice 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  Sunday, 
  the 
  9tli 
  instant, 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  from 
  Blenheim, 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  

   Opawa 
  River, 
  I 
  saAV 
  the 
  first 
  martin 
  I 
  liavc 
  met 
  witli 
  in 
  NeAV 
  Zealand. 
  The 
  bird 
  was 
  

   hawking 
  after 
  insects 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  a 
  j^loughed 
  field. 
  I 
  was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  two 
  

   residents 
  in 
  Blenlieim 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  we 
  watched 
  it 
  closely 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  It 
  passed 
  us 
  

   at 
  one 
  time 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  yards. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  mistaking 
  either 
  the 
  appearance 
  or 
  the 
  

   flight 
  of 
  the 
  bird. 
  It 
  seemed 
  to 
  me 
  more 
  like 
  tlie 
  English 
  house 
  martin 
  than 
  the 
  common 
  

   Australian 
  martin. 
  It 
  seemed, 
  however, 
  dingier 
  in 
  the 
  black 
  than 
  the 
  English 
  bird, 
  and 
  

   rather 
  smaller 
  — 
  more 
  like 
  the 
  sand-martin, 
  indeed. 
  

  

  " 
  Unfortunately 
  I 
  w'as 
  absent 
  from 
  the 
  district 
  for 
  some 
  days 
  after 
  seeing 
  it, 
  but 
  

   since 
  returning 
  I 
  have 
  carefully 
  watched 
  for 
  its 
  re-appearance. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  again 
  seen 
  the 
  

   bu'd, 
  so 
  presume 
  it 
  has 
  shifted 
  its 
  quarters. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  you 
  if 
  you 
  have 
  had 
  any 
  notice 
  sent 
  you 
  of 
  the 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  martin 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  — 
  I 
  am, 
  dear 
  Sir, 
  yours 
  truly, 
  

  

  " 
  J. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Cook." 
  

  

  * 
  Trans. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  VII., 
  p. 
  510. 
  

  

  