APRIL 9] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 439

Martin (Chelidon urbica).

Owl—
Laughing-owl (whēkau) (Sceloglaux albifacies).
Morepork (ruru, koukou) (Ninox novaeseelandiae).
Rufous-faced owl (North Island) (Sceloglaux albifacies rufifacies).

Oyster-catcher, or redbill—
Black oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea) (Haematopus niger).
Pied oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea) (Haematopus ostralegus).

Parakeet—
Antipodes Island parakeet (Cyanorhamphus unicolor).
Auckland Island parakeet (Cyanorhamphus novaeseelandiae aucklandicus).
Chatham Island parakeet (Cyanorhamphus auriceps forbesi).
Kermadec Island parakeet (Cyanorhamphus novaeseelandiae cyanurus).
Orange-fronted parakeet (Cyanorhamphus malherbei).
Red-fronted parakeet (kakariki) (Cyanorhamphus novaeseelandiae).
Yellow-fronted parakeet (Cyanorhamphus auriceps).

Parson-bird (tui) (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae).

Penguin—
Big crested penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome sclateri).
Blue penguin (korora) (Eudyptula minor).
Campbell Island crested penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome filholi).
Crested penguin (tawaki) (Eudyptes chrysocome pachyrhynchus).
King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica).
Rock-hopper penguin (Pygoscelis papua).
Royal penguin (Eudyptes schegeli).
Tufted penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome).
White-flippered penguin (Eudyptula albisignata).
Yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho or hoihoi) (Megadyptes antipodum).

Petrel—
Black petrel (toanui) (Procellaria parkinsoni).
Black-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta melanogaster).
Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma externa).
Black-winged petrel (Cookilaria nigripennis).
Blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea).
Brown petrel (Priofinus cinereus).
Cape pigeon (Daption capensis).
Chatham Island petrel (Cookilaria axillaris).
Cook’s petrel (titi) (Cookilaria cooki).
Diving petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix).
Grey-backed storm petrel (Garrodia nereis).
Grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera).
Giant petrel, or nelly (Macronectes gigantea).
Kermadec Island mutton-bird (Pterodroma neglecta).
Rainbird (Pterodroma inexpectata).
Silver-grey petrel (Priocella antarctica).
Whale-bird (Prion vittatus).
Whale-bird (whioia) (Prion desolatus and Prion turtur).
White-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis).
White-faced storm petrel (Pelagodroma marina).
White-headed petrel (Pterodroma lessoni).
Wilson’s storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus).

Pigeon (kereru) (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae).
Chatham Island pigeon (Hemiphaga chathamensis).

Pipit (pihoihoi, ground-lark) (Anthus novaeseelandiae)—
Antipodes Island pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae steindachneri).
Auckland Island pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae aucklandicus).
Chatham Island pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae chathamensis).

Plover—
Eastern golden plover (Charadrius dominicus).
Lapwing (Vanellus cristatus).
Sand plover (kukuruatu) (Thinornis novaeseelandiae).
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis).

Rail—
Auckland Island rail (Rallus muelleri).
Dieffenbach’s rail (Chatham Island) (moeraki) (Nesolimnas dieffenbachii).
Mangare rail (Cabalus modestus).
Marsh-rail (koitareke) (Porzana affinis).
Pectoral rail (mohopereru patata) (Hypotaenidia philippensis).
Swamp-rail (putoto) (Porzana plumbea).

Rifleman (tititipounamu) (Acanthisitta chloris).

Robin—
Chatham Island robin (Nesomiro traversi).
North Island wood-robin (toutouwai) (Miro longipes).
Snares robin (Nesomiro traversi dannefordi).
South Island alpine-robin (Miro australis bulleri).
South Island wood-robin (toutouwai) (Miro australis).

Saddleback (tieke) (Creadion carunculatus).

Sandpiper (Heteropygia maculata).

Shag—
Auckland Island shag (Phalacrocorax colensoi).
Blue shag (Stictocarbo steadi).
Bounty Island shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi).
Bronze shag (Phalacrocorax chalconotus).
Campbell Island shag (Phalacrocorax campbelli).
Carunculated shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus).
Chatham Island shag (Phalacrocorax featherstoni and Phalacrocorax onslowi).
Little Black shag (phalacrocorax sulcirostris).
Spotted shag (Stictocarbo punctatus).
Stewart Island shag (Phalacrocorax stewarti and Phalacrocorax huttoni).

Shearwater (hakoakoa) (Puffinus reinholdi)—
Allied shearwater (Puffinus assimilis).
Long-tailed shearwater (Puffinus bulleri).
Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes).
Wedged-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus).

Snipe—
Antipodes Island snipe (Gallinago Aucklandica tristrami).
Auckland Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica).
Chatham Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica pusilla).
Common snipe (Gallinago coelestis).
Snares Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica huegeli).

Southern merganser (Merganser australis).

Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

Stilt-plover—
Black stilt-plover (Hypsibates novaeseelandiae).
Pied stilt-plover (Hypsibates leucocephalus).

Stitch-bird (hihi) (Notiomystis cincta).

Swan—
White swan (Cygnus olor).

Takahe (Notornis hochstetteri).

Tern—
Black-fronted tern (tara) (Sterna albistriata).
Caspian tern (tara nui) (Hydroprogne caspia).
Grey noddy (Procelsterna caerulea).
Little tern (Sterna nereis).
Sooty tern (Sterna fuscata).
Swallow-tailed tern (Sterna vittata).
White-capped noddy (Megalopterus minutus).
White-fronted tern (tara) (Sterna striata).
White tern (Gygis alba).
White-winged black tern (Hydrochelidon leucoptera).

Thrush—
North Island thrush (piopio) (Turnagra tanagra).
South Island thrush (piopio) (Turnagra crassirostris).

Tomtit (miromiro)—
Auckland Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala marrineri).
Chatham Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala dieffenbachii).
North Island tomtit (Myiomoira toitoi).
South Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala).

Tropic bird (raukura) (Phaethon rubricauda).

Turnstone (Morinella interpres).

Warbler—
Chatham Island warbler (Pseudogerygone albifrontata).
Grey warbler (riroriro) (Pseudogerygone igata).
Superb warbler (or blue wren) (Malurus cyanochlamys).

Woodhen—
Black woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus brachypterus).
Brown woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis).
North Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis greyi).
South Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus hectori).
Stewart Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis scotti).

Wren—
Blue wren (or superb warbler) (Malurus cyanochlamys).
Green wren (Xenicus longipes).
Rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris).
Stephen Island wren (Traversia lyalli).

SANCTUARIES

It is illegal, without the authority of the Minister of Internal Affairs, to take any dog or firearm on to a sanctuary, or to discharge any firearm or explosive thereon, or to do anything likely to cause any bird or animal to leave a sanctuary.

Every person who unlawfully takes or kills any bird or animal on a sanctuary is liable to a fine of £10 for such offence, and to a further fine of £1 for each animal or bird so taken or killed.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 46/16/33.)

Open Seasons for Imported Game and/or Native Game in certain Acclimatization Districts

IN exercise of the powers vested in him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby declare open seasons for imported game and/or native game, of the kinds hereinafter specified, in the acclimatization districts specified hereunder, except in the areas shown under the heading “Excepted Areas,” during the periods set forth in connection with each district, subject in all cases to the following general conditions and subject to the special conditions specified in connection with each district. Any person taking or killing any imported game or native game otherwise than in terms of this notification (including the general conditions hereinafter set out and the special conditions specified in connection with any acclimatization district), is liable on conviction to a fine of £20.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

1. No person shall commence shooting earlier than one hour before sunrise or continue shooting later than one hour after sunset on any day during the open season concerned.

2. (a) No person shall use live birds of any species as decoys nor shall use more than fifteen artificial decoys at any one time (except in the Auckland Acclimatization District, where the number of artificial decoys shall be not more than ten), and no such artificial decoys shall be spread over a greater area than thirty yards square.

(b) No person shall place any artificial decoys within 100 yards of the nearest of any other artificial decoys set out by any other person.

(c) In the Southland Acclimatization District not more than three persons shall take or kill or attempt to take or kill native game over the same set of decoys at any one time.

(d) No person shall in any place during the period in that place of the open season hereby declared, use, in connection with the taking or killing of imported and/or native game, any form of decoying game by the aid of corn, wheat, oats, barley, maize, or any other grain or any products of grain or any other food placed by any person in or near the margin of any river, stream, lagoon, pond, swamp, estuary, or other water.