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coloration much paler, the flanks noticeably hghter : 

 the edges of the secondaries have a metallic blue shine 

 riot seen in the North Island bird. W^ing 155 mm. 



Habitat, Sunda^^ Island, Kermadec Group. 



Type in Coll. G. M. Mathews. 



Remarks. — One of us (Iredale) wrote in the Trans. 

 New Zeal. Inst., Vol. XLV., 1912, p. 88, 1913 : " This 

 bird was abundant, but as no series was collected, I 

 do not know whether it was subspecifically separable 

 from mainland forms. As it had lost its voice, it seems 

 certain that it would be." 



Heteroscelus incanus incjanus (Gmelin). 



A specimen procured at Sunday Island, Kermadec 

 Group, makes an addition to that fauna, and it is one 

 of the rare New Zealand visitors as far as is yet known. 

 In our Reference List (Ibis, 1913, p. 259) only one 

 authentic record was cited. 



PORZANOIDEA PLUMBEA OLIVERI, Subsp. n. 



Differs from P. p. immaculata in having the back 

 purplish-brown and not so marked off from the head, 

 and from P. p. plumbea in the absence of the long wing- 

 coverts. 



Habitat, Sunday Island. 



Type in Coll. G. M. Mathews. 



Eggs. — Clutch 3 : ground-colour stone, covered all 

 over with brown and lavender markings ; 28-30 mm. 

 by 21. 



The eggs of P. p.. immaculata are darker in their 

 markings ; 30 mm. by 22. 



