Their food usually consists of insects and various small 

 berries, such as those of the lUpogoiium parrijloriim. 



Several specimens of this bird were brought by the Ex- 

 pedition from New Zealand and Auckland Island. They 

 vary much in size. 



Ptilotis cincta. 



Meliphaga cincta, Dubus, Bull. Acad. Sc. Brux. 1839, 

 pt. l,p.2 95, pi. 



Ptilotis auritus, LaJ): Rev, Zool. 1839, 257. Mag. de 

 Zool. 1840, Ois. t.W. 



Shining black ; back varied with yellow ; lower part of 

 back greyish yellow ; lesser wing-coverts bright yellow ; 

 greater coverts black, narrowly margined with yellow, a 

 large spot of pure white near the middle of wing and back; 

 quills and tail black, margined with yellow ; lower part of 

 breast bright yellow ; abdomen brownish white, marked 

 with darker in the middle of each feather ; a tuft of pure 

 white feathers behind each eye. 



Length, 7 inches 9 lines ; bill from gape, 9 lines ; wings 

 4 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 2 lines. 



Young. Olivaceous black ; wing-coverts black margined 

 with dull yellow ; some of the medial coverts white ; quills 

 and tail brownish black, margined with dull yellow ; under 

 surface pale brown, washed with dull yellow. 



This remarkable bird is the Kotihe or Ihi of the natives. 



Specimens were obtained in North Island by Mr. P. 

 Earl, who remarks that wlien surprised these birds spread 

 their ear-tufts, and elevate their tails, which gives them a 

 strikingly beautiful appearance. Their flight is_,rapid, and 

 they feed on benies and larva; of insects. 



AiNTHOKNIS MELANUKA. 



Certhia olivacea, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 79 ; et Icon, 

 ined. 62. 



Mocking Creeper, Lath. Syst. ii. 73.5. 



Certhia melanura, Sparr. Mus. Carl. t. 5. 



C. sannio, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 471 : Lath. Ind. Orii. 735. 



Philedon Dumerilii, Less. Voy. de la Coq. Zool. 644, 

 /. 21,/. 2, (young). 



Anthomyza caeruleocephala, Swains. Classlf. of Birds, 

 ii. 327. 



Philedon sannio. Less. Compl. Buff. xi. 165. 



Olivaceous, with violet reflections on the head ; lower 

 part of back and abdomen yellow ; quills and tail glossy 

 black, slightly margined with yellow. 



Young. Olivaceous, beneath greenish yellow ; cheeks 

 with a line of white from the gape ; quills and tail slightly 

 margined with yellow. 



Length, 7 inches 3 lines • bill from gape, 10 lines ; wings 

 3 inches 4 lines ; tarsi, 1 inch 1 line. 



" Habitat in utraque insula Novas Zeelandia;, iisdem lo- 

 cis cum Certhia ciucinnata. Suaviter cantillat instar Cur- 

 rucae, at ita variata et modulata voce, ut omnes silvarum 

 aves imitetur; unde ipsi nomen apud Anglos ha?sit ab 

 imitatione, (the Mocking Bird). Iisdem pene moribus et 

 victu ac Certhia ciucinnata." Forster. 



Found in Queen Charlotte's Sound, according to Fors- 

 ter's drawings, and is there called He-ghobarra. It is the 

 Koho-i-mako, Kohorimako and Korimako of the natives. 



Two specimens of this bird were brought from the Bay 

 of Islands. Two others were also in the collection, mark- 

 ed from Auckland Island : these diflfer in being somewhat 

 larger in all their proportions. 



Anthoenis melanocephala. 

 Plate 2. 



Anthomis melanocephala, G. R. Gray, App. to Dieff. 

 Voy. to New Zeal. ii. p. 188. 



Yellowish olive, with the base of the feathers plumbeous; 

 head steel black, tinged with the same colour on the neck, 

 breast, and on the upper coverts of the tail ; wing-coverts 

 steel-black, deeply margined with yellowish olive ; larger 

 coverts, quills and tail blackish brown, margined with 

 paler or yellowish olive, the latter probably deep black, 

 margined with steel-black, in the adult 



Total length, 11^ inches; bill, 13 lines ; wings 4j inch- 

 es ; tarsi, Ij inch. 



The specimen was brought by Dr. Dieffenbach from 

 Chatham Island ; where it was called Mako mako. 



Family, Certhiad.e. 

 Subfamily 1. Sittinee. 



ACANTHISITTA LONGIPES 



Plate 3, f 1. 



Motacilla longipes, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 88, et Icon, 

 ined. 165. 



Long-legged Warbler, Lath. Syn. iv. 465. 



M. longipes. Gmel. Sy.st. Nat. 979. 



Sylvia longipes. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 529. 



Green ; forehead brown ; eyebrows, and a spot beneath 

 each eye white ; throat white ; abdomen cinereous ; vent 

 greenish cinereous ; tail and thighs green. 



Total length, 3i- inches ; bill, 5- of an inch ; legs 1 inch. 



This is the E tectee tee pomou of the natives, according 

 to Forster's drawing ; from which the figure is taken. 



ACANTHISITTA CHLORIS. 



Sitta chloris, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, pi. 33. 



Acanthlza teuuirostris, De Lafr. Rev. Zuol. 1841, 242. 



Acanthisitta tenuirostris, De Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1842: 

 Ois. t. 27. 



Green ; forehead and top of head tinged with brown ; 

 wing-coverts and quills black, margined with green ; be- 

 tween the coverts and quills a band of yellow ; greater co- 

 verts and tertials black, with large broad marks of greenish 

 white ; throat, sides of neck, breast and eyebrows white, 

 tinged with brown ; abdomen white, tinged with yellow ; 

 tail black, tip of each feather yellowish white. 



Length, 3 inches ; bill from gape, 7 lines ; wing, 1 inch 

 9 lines ; tarsi, 9 lines. 



Female, (Plate 3, f 2). 



Motacilla citrinella, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 89, et Icones 

 ined. 164. 



Citrine Warbler, Lath. Syn. iv. 464. 



M. citrina, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 979. 



Sylvia citrina, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 529. 



Brownish white, marked with black streaks ; the throat. 



