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List of Birds Described in this Paper. [The species are numbered in conformity with the list given with the author's former paper,—Trans. N. Z. Institute, Vol. ii., p. 49.] 1. Hiericidea (Falco) Novæ Zelandiæ, Gml. 3. Athene Novæ Zelandiæ, Gml. 4. " albifacies, Gray, (ejulans, Potts,) (Strix Haastii, Buller.) 6. Strix? (parvissima, Potts,) (delicatula, Gould.) 7. Halcyon vagans, Gray. B. 7. " cinnamominus, Swain. 11. Anthornis melanura, Sparrm. 15. Pogonornis cincta, Dubus. B. 19. Orthonyx (Mohoua) albicillus, Gml. [No. 27 of former list.] 24. Gerygone flaviventris, Gray. 29. Petroica macrocephala, Gml. 33. " albifrons, Gml. 34. Anthus Novæ Zelandié, Gml. 35. Zosterops lateralis, Lath. 37. Rhipidura flabellifera, Gml. 51. Nestor meridionalis, Gml. 53. " notabilis, Gould. 56. Stringops (Strigops) habroptilus, Gray. 57. Eudynamis Tahitiensis, Gml. 60. Coturnix Novæ Zelandiæ, Quoy. B. 65. Anarhynchus frontalis, Quoy. 74. Ardea sacra, Gml. B. 75. Ardetta pusilla, Gould, (Botaurus minutus, Haast.) 87. Ocydromus australis, Sparrm. 91. Porphyrio melanotus, Temm. 95. Spatula variegata, Gould. 98. Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus, Gml. 99. Podiceps rufipectus, Gray. B. 131. Sterna (alba, sp. nov.? Potts.) 134. Phalacrocorax (Graculus) carbo, Linn. No. 1.—Falco Novæ Zelandiæ, Gml. (See also Vol. ii., p. 51.) As it is probable that further information concerning the genus Falco may form the subject of a future paper, it has been thought preferable to reserve