B I R D S .
I. — BIRD.S O F N EW Z EA LA N D .
-ts the species o f Bird,s o f New Zeeland and the neighbonring Islan d s are scattered among numerous works, and
remain little known, it has been thought advisable to give a list o f them, including those brought by the Antarctic
Expedition, and those obtained from other sources.
The second E xpedition under the command of C apt. Cook, was accompanied by Jo h n Reinhold Forster, and his
son, George Forster, as naturalists. The species discovered by them amounted to thirty-six. T h e ir drawings having
remained in th e possession o f the late Sir Joseph Banks, were thus accessible to all scientific persons, and were e x a mined
and described by the late Dr. Latham, and by him inserted in his ‘ Synopsis o f Birds,’ with engravings o f some
of the species, taken from Forster’s leones. The species characterized by Latham, were by Gmelin inserted in his
edition of the ‘ Systema Natur®,’ with Latin specific n am e s; and from this compiler they obtained places in th e works
of subsequent authors. Latham also referred to six species as new, or described by older authors from other quarters,
as also found in New Zealand. Spai-rman, Shaw and Kuhl, have each added one or more species to th e F au n a o f these
Islands. MM. Quoy and Gaimard, in the ‘ Zoology of th e Voyage o f the Astrolabe,’ gave descriptions and figures of
eight new species ; and MM. Lesson and Garnot, in th a t o f the Coquille, added four specie.s : while the Chev. Dubus
has augmented the number o f species by th re e ; and MM. Hombron and Jacquemont by two. F our additional species
have been described by Mr. G o u ld ; and in the Appendix to Dieffenbach’s ‘ Travels in New Zealand,’ I gave descriptions
o f eight species. These notices, together with those wliich 1 shall ad d for the first time in the present work, give
about a hundred and one species to the Ornithological portion o f the F auna o f New Zealand, Chatham and Auckland
Islands.
Family, F a l c o n id .ì :,
Subfamily 1. Falconine.
F a l c o N ov.e Z e a l a n d l « .
Falco harpe, Forst. Descr. Anim. p . 68, et Icoii. ined.
36, 37 a nd 38.
New Zealand Falcon, L a th . Gen. S yn . i. 57 [not pi. 4).
F. Novffi Zealandiaj, Gmel. Syst. N a t. 268: L a th . In d .
Orn. i. 28.
F . bninnea , Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, ju. 139.
F . australis, Homh. et Jacq. Ann. des Sci. 1841, p . 312:
Voy. de la Pole Sud. Ois. t. 1.
Blackish brown ; eyebrows, line on each cheek and
sides o f the neck varied with rufous ; th ro at while; wing-
coverls blackish brown, sometimes puncta ted on the greater
coverts with grey and banded interiorly with white; quills
nearly black, with white bands on tho inner webs and
outer webs spotted with gi-ey ; tail blackish brown, wiili
interrupted white b a u d s ; breast and up p er p a rt o f abdomen
rufous brown, spotted with rufous white ; abdomen
and u nder tail coverts rufous white.
Young. U ppe r surface blackish brown, with the back
o f neck, back, wings and tail banded with greyish or ru fous
while ; throat white; bre ast rufous white with oblong
spots o f brown ; sides brown spotted with white ; abdomen
white with oblong brown marks ; thighs pale rufous
with dashes of brown.
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