Museum. It is true there is another in the Bremen Museum which was stated to have been received from New Zealand, but it now appears that there is considerable doubt as to the correctness of the statement.

In the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, vol. xiv., p. 264, Mr. T. F. Cheeseman records the occurrence of a small flock of them on the Manukau Harbour. Mr. E. A. Plumby being fortunate enough to secure two specimens for the Auckland Museum.

Two years later Dr. Buller recorded the capture of another pair on Portland Island near Napier, and also communicated a notice by Mr. C. H. Robson on the breeding habits of this rare species.

The point of interest in connection with the specimen now exhibited is the occurrence of this beautiful little wader in the Wellington district.

In November last a specimen in splendid plumage was shot at the Pilot Station in Worser Bay, and procured for the Museum. Subsequently a pair was seen at Island Bay; these also were shot, and I am informed by the taxidermist who prepared them, are now in the possession of a resident of this city.

It is very curious that its right to a place in the Avifauna of this country should for so many years have rested on a single specimen, and that during the last three years upwards of fifteen examples have been noted, in three different and widely separate localities.