﻿362 
  Transactions. 
  — 
  Zoology, 
  

  

  Eallifs 
  beachipus, 
  Sivains., 
  An. 
  in 
  Menag., 
  p. 
  336. 
  

  

  Leiuinia 
  hrachyious, 
  Bonap. 
  Compt. 
  Rend, 
  de 
  I'Acad. 
  Sci., 
  torn. 
  XLIII. 
  

  

  Seances 
  des 
  15 
  et 
  22 
  Sept., 
  1856. 
  

   Eallus 
  leimni, 
  Gould, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Australia, 
  fol. 
  VI., 
  pi. 
  77. 
  

  

  Baron 
  A. 
  von 
  Hiigel, 
  in 
  a 
  communication 
  to 
  'The 
  Ibis' 
  (July 
  1875), 
  

   writing 
  from 
  Christclmrcli, 
  says: 
  — 
  "I 
  have 
  received 
  a 
  rail 
  killed 
  on 
  the 
  

   Auckland 
  Islands 
  by 
  the 
  unfortimate 
  Captain 
  Musgrave 
  of 
  the 
  'Grafton.' 
  

   As 
  soon 
  as 
  I 
  got 
  the 
  bird 
  I 
  was 
  struck 
  with 
  its 
  resemblance 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eallidce 
  I 
  was 
  acquainted 
  with, 
  but 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  could 
  not 
  make 
  out 
  

   which. 
  At 
  last 
  it 
  struck 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  Australian 
  Rallus 
  hrachypus, 
  

   and 
  on 
  comparing 
  the 
  Auckland 
  with 
  the 
  Australian 
  bird, 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  to 
  

   agree 
  very 
  closely, 
  though 
  the 
  colouring 
  seemed 
  different, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  Canter- 
  

   bury 
  Museum 
  specimen 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  old 
  and 
  faded, 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  

   judge. 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  determine 
  if 
  my 
  rail 
  is 
  Fiallus 
  brachjjms, 
  or 
  new, 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  I 
  get 
  to 
  Melbourne, 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  good 
  series, 
  there. 
  At 
  all 
  events 
  

   it 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  rail 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  procured 
  in 
  the 
  group." 
  

  

  ?0cYDE0Mus 
  BKACHYPTEEus, 
  Lafi'., 
  Mag. 
  dc 
  Zool., 
  1842, 
  pi. 
  42. 
  

  

  As 
  already 
  explained 
  in 
  my 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  genus 
  Ocydromus,-'' 
  the 
  above 
  

   is 
  the 
  fourth 
  New 
  Zealand 
  species, 
  if 
  another 
  is 
  really 
  admissible. 
  

  

  Cabalus 
  modestus, 
  Huiton, 
  Ibis, 
  July, 
  1872. 
  

  

  Several 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  now 
  well-established 
  form 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands. 
  

  

  NuMENius 
  CYANOPUS, 
  VieilL, 
  2ud 
  Edit, 
  du 
  Nouv. 
  Diet. 
  d'Hist. 
  Nat., 
  torn. 
  

  

  VIII., 
  p. 
  306. 
  

   The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand 
  was 
  first 
  mentioned 
  by 
  

   myself, 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Hector, 
  in 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   Zealand 
  Institute, 
  Vol. 
  VII., 
  p. 
  224 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  year, 
  Dr. 
  von 
  

   Haast 
  described 
  two 
  male 
  specimens, 
  obtained 
  in 
  Canterbury 
  (Trans. 
  N.Z. 
  

   Inst., 
  Vol. 
  IX., 
  pp. 
  427-429). 
  

  

  NuMENius 
  uROPYGiALis, 
  Goulcl, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc, 
  part 
  VIII., 
  p. 
  175. 
  

  

  Specimen 
  shot 
  at 
  the 
  Wairau 
  and 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Colonial 
  Museum 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Travers. 
  Noticed 
  in 
  my 
  communication 
  to 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Philoso- 
  

   phical 
  Society 
  on 
  10th 
  February, 
  1875. 
  f 
  

   HiMANTOPUs 
  ALBicoLLis, 
  Bullev, 
  Trans. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  VII., 
  p. 
  224. 
  

  

  Sp. 
  NOV. 
  Capite 
  toto 
  cum 
  collo 
  undique 
  et 
  corpore 
  subtus 
  toto 
  albis; 
  

   inter- 
  scapulio, 
  scapularibus 
  cum 
  dorso 
  summo 
  et 
  tectricibus 
  alarum 
  nigris 
  ; 
  

   remigea 
  auguste 
  albido 
  terminatis 
  ; 
  subalaribus 
  nigris 
  ; 
  dorso 
  postico 
  et 
  

   iiropygio 
  albis 
  ; 
  cauda 
  nigra: 
  rostronigro: 
  pedibus 
  pallide 
  cruentatia. 
  

  

  * 
  Traus. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  X., 
  pp. 
  213-216. 
  

   t 
  Trans, 
  N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  VII., 
  p. 
  224, 
  

  

  