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Genus LIMOSA. (Cosmopolite.) 
Limosa nowe zealandi/E, Gray. The Southern Godwit. 
“ KuakaY (Case III. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 : group.) 
There is probably no bird whose history is more romantic. 
It is the eastern representative of the European Godwit, to 
which it bears a close resemblance; and, like that species, it 
has a very extensive geographical range. It spends a portion 
of the year in Siberia, and visits in the course of its annual 
migration the islands of the Indian Archipelago, Polynesia, 
Australia, and New Zealand. It arrives m the North Island 
in November, then spreads rapidly southward, and takes its 
departure on its distant pilgrimage towards the end of 
March. 
Genus NUMENIUS. (Cosmopolite.) 
Numenius cyanotus, Vieill. Australian Curlew. (Case 
III. No. 18.) 
An occasional visitant to New Zealand. 
Order G A V I R- 
Fam. LABIDiE. 
Genus LARUS. (Cosmopolite.) 
1. Larus dominicanus, Licht. Black-backed Gull. Ka- 
roro.” (Case YI. Nos. 16, 11, and 8: adult, young, 
and transitional states, respectively.) 
The range of this handsome Gull extends over the whole 
Southern Hemisphere. It is extremely abundant on all the 
New-Zealand coasts, preferring, however, the smooth sea- 
beaches and the sandy spits at the mouths of the large tidal 
rivers. 
