﻿BuLLEE. 
  — 
  Additions 
  to 
  List 
  of 
  Species, 
  and 
  Xntices 
  of 
  Rare 
  Occurences. 
  3G1 
  

  

  Art. 
  XLVIII. 
  — 
  Additions 
  to 
  List 
  of 
  Species, 
  and 
  Xotices 
  of 
  Rare 
  Occurrences, 
  

   since 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  ' 
  The 
  Birds 
  of 
  Xew 
  Zealand.' 
  By 
  Waltee 
  L. 
  

   BuLLEE, 
  C.M.G., 
  Sc.D. 
  

  

  [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Philosophical 
  Societij, 
  3nZ 
  August, 
  1878.] 
  

  

  Platyceecus 
  alpinus, 
  Buller, 
  Ibis, 
  1869, 
  p. 
  39. 
  

  

  Sp. 
  NOV. 
  P. 
  auricipiti 
  similis, 
  sclI 
  minor 
  ct 
  frouto 
  aurantiaca, 
  vcrtico 
  

   palliile 
  ilavo 
  clistii:iguendus. 
  

  

  Tliis 
  species, 
  originally 
  described 
  from 
  a 
  specimen 
  forwarded 
  to 
  mo 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  vou 
  Haasfc, 
  was 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  reduced 
  to 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  a 
  synonym 
  ; 
  but 
  its 
  

   validity, 
  as 
  a 
  species 
  distinct 
  from 
  riaiijcercus 
  auriccps, 
  was 
  established, 
  

   beyond 
  all 
  doubt, 
  just 
  in 
  time 
  to 
  allow 
  of 
  my 
  noticing 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  sup- 
  

   plementary 
  notes 
  to 
  the 
  ' 
  Birds 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand.' 
  (Sec 
  Introduction, 
  page 
  

   XVI.) 
  

  

  Platyceecus 
  eowleyi. 
  Duller, 
  Trans. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  VII., 
  p. 
  219 
  

   Sp. 
  NOV. 
  P. 
  novcE-zcalandice 
  similis 
  sed 
  conspicue 
  minor. 
  

   This 
  species, 
  although 
  exactly 
  similar 
  in 
  plumage 
  to 
  Vlatyccrcns 
  nova 
  

   zealandicc, 
  is 
  so 
  much 
  smaller 
  in 
  size 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  some 
  examples 
  of 
  

   the 
  yellow-fronted 
  parrakeet 
  f 
  P. 
  auricepsj. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  little 
  doubt 
  about 
  

   its 
  being 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  although 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  sure 
  that 
  my 
  name 
  will 
  stand 
  

   against 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Gray's 
  Platyccrcus 
  aucklandicus. 
  I 
  may 
  mention, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  last-named 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Khipiduea 
  fuliginosa, 
  Sparrm., 
  Mus. 
  Carls., 
  p. 
  47. 
  

  

  Several 
  more 
  instances 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  southern 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  Island 
  have 
  been 
  recorded. 
  (See 
  Trans. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  IX., 
  p. 
  

   830; 
  li., 
  Vol. 
  X., 
  p. 
  194.) 
  

  

  ? 
  Geeygone 
  sylvesteis, 
  Potts, 
  Trans. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  V., 
  p. 
  177. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Finsch 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  admitting 
  this 
  species 
  ; 
  at 
  any 
  rate, 
  

   pending 
  further 
  information. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  seeing 
  

   the 
  type, 
  but 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  glad 
  if 
  my 
  supposition 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   Gerijrjoue 
  albofrontata 
  should 
  prove 
  erroneous. 
  

  

  Aplonis 
  zealan'dicus, 
  Gratj, 
  App. 
  Dieff., 
  N.Z. 
  11. 
  , 
  p. 
  191. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  descL'ibcd 
  as 
  Lainprotornis 
  zealandicus, 
  by 
  MM. 
  Quo}" 
  and 
  

   Gaimard, 
  in 
  the 
  "Voyage 
  of 
  the 
  Astrolabe," 
  was 
  expunged 
  from 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  

   New 
  Zealand 
  birds 
  as 
  of 
  doubtful 
  authenticity; 
  but 
  Dr. 
  Otto 
  Finsch 
  has 
  

   set 
  the 
  matter 
  beyond 
  question 
  by 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  specimens 
  at 
  

   Paris 
  and 
  Leiden, 
  which 
  Avcre 
  obtained 
  at 
  Tasman's 
  Bay. 
  (See 
  Trans. 
  

   N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  VIII., 
  p. 
  198.) 
  

  

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