Crozet distributes the birds which he saw in New Zealand under four heads, as birds of the forest, of the lakes, of the open country, and of the sea-coast. In the forests were Wood Pigeons as large as fowls, and bright blue in colour; no doubt the one pigeon of New Zealand (_Hemiphaga Novae-Zealandiae_) is alluded to in this description. Two parrots are mentioned, one of which was very large and black or dusky in colour diversified with red and blue, and the other was a small lory, which resembled the lories in the island of Gola.[10] It was no doubt a _Cyanorhamphus_--a genus of which there are in New Zealand more than one species. The large parrot may be the Kaka, although there is no blue in the plumage of the Kaka (_Nestor meridionalis_). There is blue under the wing of the Kea, but the Kea (_Nestor notabilis_) is not a bird of the North, but of the South Island. In the open country were the passerine birds, which Crozet mentions by the names of European birds, and also a quail (_Coturnix Novae-Zealandiae_) which has lately become extinct. On the lakes were ducks and teals in abundance, and a 'poule bleue,' similar to the 'poules bleues' of Madagascar, India, and China. The 'poule bleue' was doubtless the Swamp Hen or Purple Gallinule which, because of its rich purple plumage and red feet, is a conspicuous object in New Zealand landscapes. The species which inhabits New Zealand, Tasmania, and Eastern Australia is _Porphyrio melanotus_. [Illustration: Blue-Faced Gannet] On the sea-coast were cormorants, curlews, and black-and-white egrets. The curlews, which pass the summer in New Zealand and the remainder of the year in islands of the Pacific Ocean, are of the species _Numenius cyanopus_. They leave New Zealand in autumn, with the exception of a few individuals which remain in favoured localities. The 'aigrettes blanches et noires' were perhaps reef herons; the black bird of the form of an oyster-catcher, and possessing a red bill and red feet, was doubtless the Sooty Oyster-catcher (_Haematopus unicolor_), which in Tasmania is known as the Redbill. Terns and gannets were amongst the birds of the coastal waters. Of New Zealand terns, _Sterna frontalis_ and _S. nereis_ are the species which are seen most frequently. The 'goelette blanche' may have been _Gygis candida_. The gannets may have been 'manches de velours'--the name by which French mariners knew the Masked Gannet (_Sula cyanops_). The body of this gannet is white; the wings are rich chocolate brown. It is a bird of the tropical and sub-tropical seas of the world and its appearance in New Zealand waters is infrequent. From New Zealand the two vessels, now under the command of Duclesmeur, sailed for Guam and thence to the Philippine Islands, but as Crozet's observations on the birds which he saw after he quitted New Zealand are of little importance, we will follow him no further. [10] I am unable to identify the lories of Gola Island.