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a few spots of rufous ; quills black, margined with oliva- 

 ceous brown ; wing-coverts with two transverse bands of 

 rufous ; breast, abdomen and under tail-coverts brown, 

 with longitudinal broad rufescent white spots ; tail rufous, 

 with the two middle feathers and margins of others oliva- 

 ceous brown. 



Length, 10^ inches; bill from gape, 11 lines; wings, 4| 

 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 2 lines. 



Forster placed the name of Golobieo on his drawing. It 

 is also said to be the Pio pio, Keropia and Koho Eou of 

 the natives. According to Mr. P. Earl, it is the Kakaroeo 

 of the natives of South Island. It haunts low bushes, or 

 is seen on the ground, searching for seeds, which consti- 

 tute its chief food. Their flight is only extended for a 

 short distance at a time. 



Family, Muscicapid^. 



Subfamily 1. Muscicapin<B. 



Rhipiduua flabellifera. 



Plate 6, f. 2. 



Muscicapa ventilabrum, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 86, et 

 Icon. ined. 15-5. 



Fan-tailed Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. 340, pi. 49. 



M. flabellifera, Gmel. Si/sf. Nat. 943. 



Muscipeta flabellifera, Tevim. Man. iVOrn. 



Brownish olivaceous ; head black, eyebrows and throat 

 white ; breast and abdomen yellowish rufescent ; middle 

 tail-feathers black tipped with white, outer feather on each 

 side entirely white, intermediate ones white, with the outer 

 margin of each bordered with black. 



Ijcnglh, (J inches ; bill from gape, 5 lines ; wings, 2 

 inches 10 lines; tarsi, 10 lines. 



" Habitat in insula australi Novae Zealandiaj. Continuo 

 insecta venatur, volitans, cauda in ventilabri formara ex- 

 pansa ; mansueta homines ob insecta in ambulando extur- 

 hata sequitnr, ac saepe capiti vel humeris insidet ; sono 

 pipiente canit." Forster. 



According to Forster, this is the Diggowagbwagh of the 

 natives of Dusky Bay ; and other authors have called it 

 the Piwaka-waka and Pi-oua-ka-oua-ka. 



The Expedition's specimens were from the Bay of 

 Islands. 



Rhipidura melanura. 



Rhipidura melanura, G. R. Gray, App. to Dieff. Trav. 

 in N. Zeal. ii. p. 190. 



Dark olivaceous brown ; beneath rufous brown ; head 

 and neck greyish black, with a superciliary spot on each 

 side white ; the tail is entirely black. 



Tot;il length, 6j inches ; bill from gape, ^ an inch ; tail, 

 4 inches; tarsi, 10 lines. 



This species is from Chatham Island and New Zealand. 



Family, Corvid^. 



Subfamily, CaUcBatinte. 



Call^as cinerea. 



Callaeas cinerea, Forst. Desc. An. p. 74, et Icon. ined. 52. 

 Cinereous Wattled Bird, Lath. Syn. i. 364, pi. 14. 

 Glaucopis cinerea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 363 : Quay el 

 Gaini. Voy. de VAstrol. Ois. t. 15. 



Blackish cinereous ; lower part of back and abdomen 

 tinged with rufous brown ; above each nostril a patch of vel- 

 vety black ; with a round caruncle at the gape on each side. 



Length, 1 foot 3 inches ; bill from gape, 1 inch ; wings, 

 6| inches; tarsi, 2j inches. 



" Habitat in utraque Novae Zeelandia; insula, ambulat 

 humi et per arbores et fruticeta quoque vagatur. Cantillat 

 voce fistulari, exaestuat quoque in arboribus simul obmur- 

 murans. Vescitur baccis, insectis, et uti mihi relatum par- 

 vis quoque aviculis. Caro ejus satis sapida." Forster. 



It is the Kokako of the natives, and the " New Zealand 

 Crow " of the English settlers. 



Family, Sturnid^. 



Subfamily 1. PtilonorhynchintB. 



Aplonis Zelandicus. 



Lamprotornis zelandicus, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de FAs- 

 trol. Ois. t. 9,/. 1. 



Olivaceous brown ; under surface ashy, tinged with yel- 

 low ; quills, secondaries, tertials, uropygium and tail, ru- 

 fous, paler on the uropygium. 



Length, 6 inches. 



Tasman's Bay is given as the locality of this species by 

 MM. Quoy and Gaimard. 



Aplonis obscurus. 



Lamprotornis obscurus, Ditbiis, Bull. Acad. Set. Bru.v. 

 1839, pt. 1, p. 297. 



Brownish grey ; head, fore part of neck, and breast ra- 

 ther black, tinged with deep green ; wings and tail blackish 

 brown ; abdomen brownish ash. 



Length 6^^ inches. 



Subfamily, Sturnin<B. 

 Creadion carunculatus. 



Sturnus carunculatus, Forst. Descr. An'un. p. 81, et Icon, 

 ined. 144. 



Wattled Stare, Lath. Syn. iii. 9, pi. 36 (adult and young). 



Sturnus carunculatus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 805. 



Creadion pharoides, Viell. Encyc. Meth. p. 



Icterus rufusater, et I. novae Zelandiae, Less, et Gam. 

 Voy. de la Coq. Ois. I. 23,/. 1, (adult). 



Xanthomus carunculatus, Quoyet Gaim. Voy. de F Astral. 

 Ois. t. 12,/. 4, (yonng). 



Oxystomus carunculatus, Strains. Class, of Birds, ii. 270. 



Black; back, wing-coverts and uropj'gium ferruginous; 

 a small blood-red caruncle hangs from the gape on each 

 side of the lower mandible. 



Adult male. Black, back only ferruginous. 



Female or young. Blackish brown ; lower part of back 

 tinged with rufous. 



Length, 91^ inches; bill from gape, 1 inch 4 lines; wings 

 Sj inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 7 lines. 



" Habitat in insula australi Novae Zeelandiae ; voce fis- 

 tulari canit." Forster. 



MM. Quoy and Gaimaid inform us, that " Cet oiseau 

 habile les grands bois de la bale Tasman, oii il parait vi- 

 vre solitaire." It feeds on seeds, and inhabits both the 

 North and South Islands. 



The natives call this bird Tiaka, Purourou or Tierawaki. 



