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was obtained at Portland Island by Mr. C. H. Robson, of 
the Colonial Service. 
Genus HiEMATOPUS. (Cosmopolite.) 
1. H^matopus longirostris, Vieill. Pied Oyster-catcher. 
“ Torea.” (Case III. No. 10.) 
This Oyster-catcher is very similar in appearance to the 
European species, and its habits are the same. 
2. IEematopus unicolor, Wagl. Black Oyster-catcher. 
“ Torea.” (Case III. Nos. 9 and 11 : male and female.) 
This dark species, which occurs also in Australia, associates 
freely with the Pied one, and the two species occasionally 
interbreed. 
Fam. SCOLOPACIM. 
Genus RECURVIROSTRA. (Cosmopolite.) 
Recurvirostra novjE hollandij5, Gould. Red-necked 
Avocet. (Case X. No. 28 : female.) 
This species is extremely rave in New Zealand, being 
evidently a straggler from the Australian coast. 
The specimen in this Collection was obtained many years 
ago in the Provincial district of Canterbury by the late Sir 
Julius von Haast. 
Genus HIMANTOPUS. (Cosmopolite.) 
1. Himantopus leucocephalus, Gould. White-headed Stilt. 
“ Tutumata/'’ (Case III. Nos. 4, 5, and 6: group 
of old and young.) 
Thinly dispersed over both Islands, frequenting fresh¬ 
water lagoons and the sand-banks near the mouths of tidal 
rivers. It is partially migratory, and at certain seasons 
assembles in flocks of considerable magnitude. 
