Aves.] SUBANTAHCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 656 



Cyanorhamphus erythrotis, Wagler. (Macquarie Island parrakeet.) 

 Platycercus erythrotis, Wagler, Mon. Psitt., 1832, p. 526. 



Of the two parrakeets inhabiting Antipodes Island, this is the smaller, and 

 by far the commoner species. It frequents the Cofrosma scrub, and I noticed it 

 feeding upon the heads of club-mosses [Lycopodium). 



Hah. — Antipodes and Macquarie Islands. 



Cyanorhamphus novae-zealandiae, Sparrman. (Red-fronted parrakeet.) 



Psittacus novae-zealandiae, Sparrman, Mus. Carls., 1787, pi. xxviii. 



During the ten days I was on the Auckland Islands I saw but two parrakeets, 

 and I find that but few were noticed by other members of the party. Captain 

 Bollons says the bird is really scarce. I have not regarded C. aucklandicus, Bona- 

 parte, as a distinct species. 

 ' r ¥Hab. — New Zealand and Auckland Islands.* 



Order R A P T R E S. 

 Fam. FALCONIDAE. 



Nesierax, Oberholser, 1899. 



Nesierax australis, Hombron and Jacquinot. (Bush-hawk.) 



Falco australis, Hombron and Jacquinot, Ann. Sci. Nat., 1841, p. 312. 



One or more of these birds visited our camp at the Auckland Islands at different 

 times, and proved to be most impudent. When shouted at the bird simply hopped 

 on to a higher branch of the tree, and was slow to quit even when pelted with sticks. 

 I saw examples in various parts of the bush, and once surprised a larger bird on the 

 ground. This may have been merely a female, or the larger quail-hawk {N. novae- 

 zealandiae), if, indeed, the two are distinct. Both species are recorded from the 

 Auckland Islands. A member of a party of botanists caught one of the birds on 

 Adams Island, where it attacked him. Professor Benham noted the colour of the 

 skin as below : Eyelids, cere, legs, and feet, yellow ; iris, dark purplish brown. 



Hab. — New Zealand, Stewart, and Auckland Islands. 



Order RALLIFORMES. 



Fam. RALLIDAE. 



Hypotaenidia, Reichenbach, 1852. 



Hypotaenidia muelleri, Rothschild. (Auckland Island r?jl.) 



Rallus muelleri, Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, viii, 1893, p. xi. 



Presumed to be extinct. This bird was not seen by members of the expedition, 

 and neither this nor the following species has ever been observed by Captain Bollons. 

 Hab. — Auckland Islands. 



* Martens includes the Chatham Islands (Erg. Hamb. Magalhaen. Sammelreise, i, Vogel, 1900, p. 12). 



