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Order P I C A R I JE. 
Pam, CORACIIDiE. 
Genus E URY STOMUS. (Australia, New Guinea, 
and Indian Archipelago.) 
Eurystomus pacificus, Latin Australian Roller. (Case II. 
Nos. 34 and 35 : male and female.) 
An occasional visitant to the west coast of both Islands. 
Earn, ALCEDINIDjE. 
Genus HALCYON. (Both hemisph eres.) 
Halcyon vagans, Lesson. New-Zealand Kingfisher. “ Ko- 
taie. (Case II. Nos. 60 and 61 : adult and young.) 
This bird is generally dispersed throughout the country, 
being met with on the sea-shore, as well as in the open 
country, in forest-clearings, and on the banks of freshwater 
streams. It nests in deep holes, which it excavates in dead 
trees or in clay banks, and the eggs, which are generally five, 
sometimes six, in number, are of the purest white, with a 
smooth or polished surface. 
Fam. CUCULIDiE. 
Genus LUDYNAMIS. (Australia, New Guinea and 
Polynesia, and India.) 
Eudynamis taitensis, Sparrm. The Long-tailed Cuckoo. 
“ Koheperoa.” (Case II. Nos. 2, 5, 18, and 19: group 
of adult and young birds.) 
A migratory species. Arrives in the early part of October 
and disappears before the end of February. 
Genus CHRYSOCOCCYX. (Southern Hemisphere.) 
Chhysococcyx lucidus, Gmelin. Shining Cuckoo. “Wa- 
