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3. Charadrius ruficapillus, Temm. Red-capped Dottrel. 
(Case X. No. 34.) 
An occasional visitant from Australia, where this species 
is a common inhabitant of the sea-shore. 
4. Charadrius fulvus, Gmelin. The Eastern Golden Plover. 
(Case X. No. 13.) 
This species is only a rare visitant to New Zealand. Each 
of the Provincial Museums contains one or more specimens. 
The present example was shot on the east coast of the North 
Island. 
Genus ANARHYNCHUS. (Confined to New Zealand.) 
Anarhynchus frontalis, Quoy et Gaim. Wry-billed 
Plover. “’NgutupareY (Case YI. No. 14; Case IX. 
No. 21 : male and female.) 
This Plover is distinguishable from all others by having a 
crooked or asymmetrical bill, the apical portion being always 
turned to the right. This peculiarity, which naturalists 
at one time considered a deformity, or the result of accident, 
is congenital, being present in the newly hatched chick. 
Genus STREPSILAS. (Cosmopolite.) 
Strepsilas interpres, Linn. Turnstone. (Case IX. No. 7.) 
Ihis bird occurs in New Zealand only as a straggler from 
high northern latitudes. The specimen in this Collection 
