552 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Aves. 



embracing the Snares, Aucklands, Campbell, Antipodes, and Chathams. In June, 

 1907, I visited Stewart Island ; and the following somewhat uneven accounts are 

 compiled from my notes made on the several occasions referred to. 



As Stewart Island was regarded as outside the scope of the expedition, such 

 birds as Octhodromus obscurus, Gmelin; Herodias timoriensis, Lesson; Catharacta 

 maccormicki, Saunders ; and Phalacrocorax stewarti, BuUer (all recorded from Stewart 

 Island), are not included in the following list. 



Order 'PA S^^SjE|R|ES. 

 Fam. SYLVIIDAE. 

 Petroica, Swainson, 1832. 

 Petroica macrocephala, Gmelin. (Yellow-breasted tit.) 



Parus macroce'phalus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., ed. xiii, i, 1788, p. 1013. ,~| 

 Though this bird was everywhere met with in the Auckland Island bush, it 

 can scarcely be said to be common. Found in the South Island and the Chathams, 

 it has not been recognised from the Snares. 



Hob. — South Island of New Zealand, Chatham Islands, and Auckland Islands. 



MiRO, Lesson, 1831. 



Miro dannefordi, Rothschild. (Snares robin.) 



Miro dannefordi, Rothschild, Nov. ZooL, i, 

 1894, p. 688. 



This species was quite common at the Snares, 

 and was met with everywhere among scrub and timber. 

 A nest of the species was found in the scrub by a 

 member of the ship's crew. It contained four eggs; ^ ^ ^ ,,■ ^ .■ ,• 



- , ■■■. , ji-11 J 1 ^ -1 1 Fig. 6. — Egg of Miro dannetordi, 



they are pale cream m colour, thickly spotted with Rothschild. 



small purplish markings, principally at the larger end. 



T^e dimensions taken by Mr. G. R. Marriner were — length, 0-9 in. ; breadth, 0*65 in. 

 Hob. — Snares. 



Fam. TIMELIIDAE. 



BowDLERiA, Rothschild, 1896. 



Bowdleria fulva, Gray. (Fern-bird.) 



Sfhenoeacus fulvus, Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 221. 



This bird is common at the Snares. It runs along the ground, and rapidly 

 crosses open spaces to the cover of tussock or other shelter. It is comparatively 

 fearless of man, and will pass close to one's feet ; if alarmed, it flies heavily for a 

 short distance, and settles either on the ground or on a low bush. The fern-bird 

 builds in the heart of a fern, and Mr. G. A. Buddie, a passenger on the " Hinemoa," 

 found a nest in such situation at the Snares. Captain BoUons recently found a 



