Order CHAEADEIIFOEMES] . 



[Family CHARADRIIDJE. 



HETERACTITIS INCANUS. 



(GEEY SANDPIPEE.) 



Totanus incanus (G-melin), Buller, Birds of New Zealand, vol. ii., p. 33. 



I am not aware that any further examples of this Plover have occurred in New Zealand beyond 

 the pair (male and female) added to my collection by the late Mr. C. H. Kobson, who obtained 

 them on Portland Island. A perusal, however, of this ' Supplement ' will show that I was amply 

 justified in the belief I expressed (vol. ii., p. 39) that from time to time other Australian Waders 

 would join the ranks on our shores, if not as permanent recruits, nevertheless welcome enough as 

 tending to enhance the value of our bird-collections and to keep alive the interest among our 

 numerous local observers. I have only to mention such species as Numenius cyanopus, N. 

 variegatus, Limonites ruficollis, Mesoscolopax minutus, Ancylochilus subarquatus, Limosa hud- 

 sonica, Gallinago australis, Ardea cinerea, Plegadis falcinellus, and Pelecanus conspicillatus, 

 as having since been added to the list. 



LIMONITES RUFICOLLIS. 



(EED-NECKED SANDPIPEE.) 



Trynga ruficollis, Pallas., Reis. Reichs., vol. in., p. 700 (1776). 



Captain Hutton has added this species to our list. In a letter to me (August 2nd, 1902) he 

 says: " Mr. E. Stead brought me a specimen on July 22nd, which he had shot near Lake 

 Ellesmere. It was a female, well on in the breeding plumage, and with well-developed eggs. It 

 would, I think, have laid the eggs in about a month of being shot. Another specimen, in 

 non-breeding plumage, was I believe sent to the British Museum, by Lord Eanfurly, early 

 in the year. Mr. Stead thinks, and I agree with him, that this bird is a resident with us, 

 but has been overlooked, owing to its hying with the Dottrel." My belief is that it is only 

 a straggler. 



GLOTTIS NEBULARIUS. 



(GEEENSHANK.) 



Scolopax nebularius, Gunner, Leem. Lapp. Beschr., p. 251 (1767). 



Captain Hutton writes ('Trans. N. Z. Inst.,' vol. xxxiii., p. 253) that the Otago Museum 

 contains a New-Zealand-killed specimen of this Plover, which was bought by himself in the 

 market, as far back as 1874. 



