6 



brown band near the lips ; upper tail-coverts pale rufous 

 brown, under coverts buff. 



Length, (> inches 3 lines ; bill from gape, 6 lines; wings, 

 •2 inches 8 lines ; tarsi, 10 lines. 



This fine species was brought by Dr. Dieffenbach from 

 New Zealand. 



Subfamily 3. Parina;. 



Certhipaeus nov.e Seelandi^. 



Plate 5, f. 1. 



Parus urostigma, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 90, et Icon. ined. 

 166. 



New Zealand Titmouse, Lath. Gen. Si/fi. iv. 5.58. 



P. novcE Seclandiic, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1013. 



Certhiparus novte Seelandiae, De Lafr. Rev. Zool. 



Pale cinereous red, mixed with brown ; forehead and 

 top of head rufous ; eyebrows white ; sides of head and 

 nape dark cinereous ; under surface pale rufous grey ; 

 quills pale brown ; tail like the back, but brighter, middle 

 feathers rufous, the lateral ones marked on the inner webs 

 with a square black spot near the middle of each feather. 



Length, 5 inches ; bill from gape, 7 lines ; wings, 2^ 

 inches; tarsi, 11 lines. 



Toe toe of the natives of Dusky Bay, according to the 

 drawing of Forster ; while Dr. Dieffenbach looks upon it 

 as the lliro riro of the natives of the Northern Lsland. 



As we become better acquainted with the birds, I have 

 no doubt that MM. Quoy and Gaiinard's P. Zelandicus 

 may eventually prove the same as the present species. 



Certhiparus maculicaddus. 

 Parus Zelandicus, Quoy et Gaitti. Voy. de F Astral, i. 



210, /. ii,y: 3. 



Reddish brown, mixed with ashy ; front, throat and ab- 

 domen fawn ; tail rufous, marked in the middle of each 

 with a broad brown spot. 



Length, 4 inches. 



MM. Quoy and Gaimard give the native name of Mo- 

 mohoua to this species. 



Certhiparus albicillos. 

 Plate 5, f. 2. 



Fringilla albicilla. Less. Voy. de In Coqu. Zool. i. p. 662. 

 Parus senilis, Dubus, Bull. Acad. Sc. Bru.v. 1839, pt. 

 1, 297. 



Certhiparus senilis, De Lafr. Rev. Zool. 

 Head, neck, breast, and middle of abdomen white, 

 slightly tinged with rufous ; back and wing-coverts ru- 

 fous brown, paler on the tail-coverts ; quills blackish 

 brown, slightly margined outwardly v^'ith grey, and interi- 

 orly with yellowish white ; tail pale brown, tinged with 

 yellow. 



Length, 6 inches 4 lines ; bill from gape, 6| lines ; 

 wings, 2 inches 10 lines; tarsi, 1 inch 1 line. 



A specimen of this species was brought by the Expedi- 

 tion from the Bay of Islands. 



According to Mr. P. Earl, this bird is the Popokotea of 

 the natives of Port Nicholson, North Lsland. Its food 

 consists of seeds and larvae of insects. 



Subfamily 4. SaxicoUiue. 

 Petroica macrocephala. 



Turdus minutus, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 83, et Icon, in- 

 ed. 149. 



Great-headed Titmouse, Lath. Gen. Syn. iv. 557, pi. 55. 



Parus macrocephalus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1013: Lath. 

 Lid. Orn. 571 : Lath. Hist. vii. pi. 110. 



Rhipidura macrocephala. Swains. Nat. Libr. Flyc. p. 

 122. 



Miro Forsterorum, G. R. Gray, App. to Dieff. Trav. in 

 N. Zeal. ii. p. 191. 



Pachycephala? australis, Steph. 



Upper surface and fore part of neck deep black ; spot 

 on forehead, base of tertials and of some of the quills, and 

 an oblique broad band on the three outer tail feathers, pure 

 white ; under surface pale yellow, brightest on the breast. 



Female. Upper surface cinereous black ; tail and quills 

 black, base of tertials and of some of the quills, and an ob- 

 lique band on the three outer tail feathers, white ; throat 

 white, spotted with black ; breast and abdomen yellowish 

 white. 



Length, 5g- inches; bill from gape, 7 lines ; wings, 35- 

 inches; tarsi, 13 lines. 



Forster has placed the name of MiiTO mirro upon his 

 drawing, while I)r. Dieffenbach states it to be the Pirangi- 

 rangi of the natives. 



The specimen brought by the Expedition, was marked 

 as from Auckland Island. 



Petroica Dieffenbachii. 

 Plate 6, f. 1. 



Miro Dieffenbachii, G. R. Gray, App. to Dieff. Trav. in 

 N. Zeal. p. 191. 



Shining black ; the wings tinged with brown, the base 

 of the secondaries, spots of the primaries near the base, 

 and the greater part of the three outer tail-feathers, white; 

 the lower part of the breast and abdomen yellowish white, 

 rather darker on the breast. 



Total length, 4f inches ; bill, 6 lines ; wings, 3 inches ; 

 tarsi, 11 lines. 



The present species is very like the preceding, but it is 

 altogether smaller in size, and with the small and narrow 

 bill of the P. toitoi. 



Petroica toitoi. 



Muscipeta toitoi. Gam. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 590. 

 Ois. t. 15, f. 3. 



Black ; spot on forehead, base of tertials and of some of 

 the quills, breast, abdomen, and an oblique broad band 

 on the three outer tail-feathers, pure white. 



Length, 5 inches ; bill from gape, 6 lines ; wings, 2 

 inches 10 lines; tarsi, 11 lines. 



This species is considered the Nirungiru, Ngirungiru, 

 Miro-miro and To-i-toe of the natives. It is very common, 

 says Mr. P. Earl, at Port Nicholson, flying about the gar- 

 dens near the houses. 



