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A black variety, which I believe to be the young of this species, 
shall be sent next year. Four eggs in nest. Three eggs on 
October 14th, 1872*. 
Anarhynciius frontalis. Crookbill Plover f. 
Two eggs. Nest on sand among shingle in Otaio river¬ 
bed ; very hard to find though birds were bold. Eggs almost 
covered with lichens chopped small, and placed point down. 
Nest with three eggs on October 20th, 1872. 
Ocydromus australis. Wood or Maori Hen. Weka. 
One egg. Nests under snow-grass tussacs and common 
tussac; dogs find them. Found about seven or eight nests 
on Upper Waiko on December 13, 1872, all with very hard- 
set eggs • from three to four in nests. The one sent was 
addled. Nest of grass. 
Sterna Antarctica. Common Tern. 
Two eggs. Nest with two eggs on Otaio river-bed shingle, 
October 20th, 1872. 
Anthornis melanura. Bell-bird or Mocking bird. Ko- 
ruicoko or Moko-moko. 
Three eggs. Nest of grass and twigs in fork of broad-leaf 
tree on Otaio river. Birds very bold, but nest well concealed. 
Nest with four eggs, January 26th, 1873. 
I am yours, &c., 
John A. Harvie Brown. 
West House, Aldwick, Bognor, 
October 30th, 1873. 
Sir, —On looking over my paper on the birds of Kattiawar, 
in the last number of f The Ibis/ I observe two errors which 
seem sufficiently important to require correction. 
At page 405, Hirundo javanica is given as a synonym of 
Hirundo rustica, and is said to be common ! In reality the 
* These may prove to be eggs of H. leucocephalus (Gould). The Maori 
name given by Buffer (vide ‘Birds of New Zealand’) is a Kaki ” for 74 
novce-zealandice, and u Tutumata ” for II. leucocephalus . 
t Wry-billed Plover of Buffer. 
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