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Gerygone flaviventris. Rare in the Sounds. Petroica macrocephala. Common everywhere. Petroica albifrons. Common everywhere. Turnagra crassirostris. Rare in Dusky Sound, common in Caswell and Milford Sounds. Rhipidura flabellifera Common everywhere. " fuliginosa. Rare. Glaucopis cinerea. Rare in Dusky Sound, common along the coast to Jackson's Bay. Creadion carunculatus " cinereus. Rare an Dusky Sound, common along the coast. Stringops habroptilus. Common to Martin's Bay. Platycercus novæ-zealandiæ " auriceps. Common along the coast. " alpinus. Rare. Nestor meridionalis. Rare. " occidentalis. Not uncommon from Preservation Inlet to Jackson's Bay. Carpophaga novæ-zealandiæ. Very rare in the Sounds, Martin's and Jackson's Bay common. Apteryx australis. Not very common, and only to be found from Dusky Sound to Jackson's Bay; in all other localities very rare. Apteryx oweni. Rare in the Sounds, and small; Martin's and Jackson's Bay more common. Charadrius bicinctus. I saw them on the Alps over 2,000 feet, by the lagoon. Hæmatopus unicolor. Common. Ardea novæ-hollandiæ. Very rare in the Sounds, common from Jackson's Bay to Bruce Bay. Ocydromus australis " fuscus " brachypterus. Rare from Dusky Sound to Jackson's Bay, where O. australis is common; I have found a variety or species which I must compare before deciding. Casarca variegata. Not very common. Querquedula gibberifrons. Not very common. Anas chlorotis. Not very common. Anas superciliosa. Not very common. Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus. Only common inland. Fuligula novæ-zealandiæ. Only common inland. Larus dominicanus. Not common. Larus scopulinus. Not common.