TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE

AND

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE

1892

VOL. XXV.

(EIGHTH OF NEW SERIES)

EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE

BY

SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S.

DIRECTOR

ISSUED MAY, 1893

WELLINGTON

SAMUEL COSTALL, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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ERRATUM.

On page 3, for Patchyornis read Pachyornis.

ART.

CONTENTS.

TRANSACTIONS.

I.-ZOOLOGY.

I. On the Classification and Mutual Relations of the

Dinornithida. By Professor T. Jeffery Parker,

F.R.S.

II. On the Presence of a Crest of Feathers in certain

Species of Moa. By Professor T. Jeffery Parker

III. On New Species of Moas. By Captain F. W. Hutton,

F.R.S.

IV. On Anomalopteryx antiqua. By Captain F. W. Hutton

V. The Moas and the Moa-hunters. By Monsieur A. de

Quatrefages. Translated from the French by

Laura Buller: communicated by Sir Walter L.

Buller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.

PAGES

1-3

3-6

6-13

14-16

17-49

VI. Notes on Mus maorium, Hutton, with Exhibition of

Specimen. By Sir Walter L. Buller

49-50

..

VII. Note on the Bats of New Zealand. By Sir Walter

L. Buller

50-52

VIII. Note on the Flightless Rail of the Chatham Islands

(Cabalus modestus). By Sir Walter L. Buller

IX. Notes on New Zealand Birds. By Sir Walter Buller

X. Further Notes on the Birds of New Zealand. By Sir

Walter Buller

52-53

53-63

63-88

XI. On the Fissures and Caves at the Castle Rocks, South-

land: with a Description of the Remains of the

Existing and Extinct Birds found in them. By

A. Hamilton

XII. Notes on Birds. By R. I. Kingsley

XIII. On the Occurrence of the Luth, or Leathery Turtle,

on the Coasts of New Zealand. By T. F. Cheese-

man, F.L.S.

XIV. On a Specimen of Sunfish captured at Poverty Bay.

By Archdeacon W. L. Williams

XV. Further Notes on New Zealand Earthworms, with

Observations on the known Aquatic Species. By

W. W. Smith

XVI. Contributions to the Molluscan Fauna of New Zea-

land. By H. Suter: communicated by Professor

Hutton

XVII. Notes on New Zealand Insects. By H. Suter: com-

municated by Professor Hutton

XVIII. An Enumeration of the Janellida. By c. Hedley,

F.L.S., Assistant in Zoology, Australian Museum:

communicated by Professor Hutton

88-106

107-108

108-110

110-111

111-146

147-153

153-155

156-162

XIX. Synonymical Notes on New Zealand Cicadida. By

G. V. Hudson, F.E.S.

162-163

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