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5. List of New Caledonian Birds. By George Robert 

 Gray, Esq., F.L.S., etc. 



(Aves, PL CLV.) 



This list contains an enumeration of the Birds recorded by For- 

 ster as obtained by the naturalists who accompanied the great cir- 

 cumnavigator Cook, while the expedition lay off New Caledonia, with 

 the addition of those which have been lately received from the same 

 locality. It has been thought that these would together form the 

 nucleus of an Ornithological Fauna of that little-known island and 

 of the smaller islets dependent upon it. 



1. Pandion haliaetus? 



Falco haliaetus, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 257. 



Hab. Isle of Pines (Isle of Spruce-trees of Forster). 



2. Halcyon sanctus. 



Halcyon sanctus, Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. 266. 

 Hab. Loyalty Islands (B.M.) ; Island of Nu, Port de France, 

 New Caledonia (B.M.). 



3. Glyciphila modesta. 



Upper surface obscure cinereous, darker on the head ; back varied 

 with olive ; quills and tail fuscous-black, margined outwards with 

 olive ; throat, breast, and sides greyish-brown, varied with cinereous 

 white ; abdomen pale greyish-brown, tinged with yellow ; ear-coverts 

 shining grey. 



Length 5" 6"', wings 3", bill 10j ,f . 



Hab. Island of Nu (B.M.). 



4. Glyciphila poliotis. 



Fuscous, tinged with olive ; beneath pale fuscous, tinged with 

 olive ; ear-coverts grey ; quils and tail fuscous-black, margined with 

 bright yellow. 



Length 6", wings 2" 11"', bill 1". 



Hab. Loyalty Islands (B.M.). 



These two species are nearly allied to G. ocularis, but they are 

 without the yellow spot behind each eye. 



5. ? CHLOROPHAEA. 



Certhia chlorophaea, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 264. 

 Hab. New Caledonia. 



6. ? FASCIATA. 



Certhia fasciata, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 263. 

 Hab. New Caledonia. 



7. ? INCANA. 



Certhia incana, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 296. 

 Hab. New Caledonia. 



