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5, Sphenceacus fulvus. 



Sphenoeacus fulrus, Gray, Ibis, 1802, p. 221; Fmsch, J.f. O. 1872, 

 p. Ill ; £uller, B. New Zeal. p. 130 (1873) ; Sharpe, Voij. Ereb. Hf 

 Terror, App. Birds, p. 25 (1875) ; Buller, Man. B. New. Zeal. 

 p. 19 (1882j. 



Megalurus fulvus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 206, no. 2911 (1869). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to S. punctatus, hwi rather 

 larger, and verj- much lighter and more ochraceous in colour. 

 Both on the upper and under surface the black centres to the 

 feathers are not so broad, and thus the plumage appears more di- 

 stinctly streaked. Total length 6-75 inches, culmen 0-5, -wing 2-3, 

 tail 3-2, tarsus 0-9. 



An example in the Canterbury Museum, so immature that the 

 tail-feathers are only two inches long, has more fulvous in the 

 plumage, and no indication whatever of a superciliary streak 

 {Buller, I. c). 



Hah. Soiith Island, Xew Zealand. 



a. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Percy Earl, Esq. [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 

 h. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



c, d. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Eji;on Collection. 



6. Sphenoeacus rufescens. 



Sphenoeacus rufescens, Bidkr, Ibis, 18C9, p. 38 ; id. B. Nexu Zeal. 

 p. 131, pi. 13. fig. 2 (1873); Finsch, J.f. 0. 1872, p. 112, 1874, 

 p. 185 ; Sharpe, Toy. Ereb. <§• Terror, App. Birds, p. 25 (1875) ; 

 Bullei; Man. B. New Zeal. p. 18, pi. x. fig. 2 (1882). 



Megalurus rufescens, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 206, no. 2913 (1869). 



Adult male. General colour above chestnut-rufous, the feathers 

 of the head narrowly streaked with black, the back-feathers very 

 broadly centred with "black and edged with rather paler chestnut ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts uniform chestnut; wing-coverts and 

 quills blackish, margined with chestnut ; tail-feathers rufous-brown, 

 blackish along the shafts, which are stiffened ; lores and a distinct 

 evebrow white ; sides of face and cheeks white, spotted with black 

 tips to the feathers, those in front of the eye and on the upper 

 edge of the ear-coverts being black ; under surface of body white, 

 washed with rufous on the abdomen ; sides of the body chestnut, 

 broadly centred with black ; under tail-coverts a little lighter 

 rufous, with less distinct black centres to the feathers ; axillaries 

 nifous-brown ; under wing-coverts rufescent, the lower series huffy 

 whitish at base ; quills ashy brown, lighter ashy along the edge of 

 the inner web ; " bill and feet yellowish brown ; iris black '' 

 {Buller). Total length 8 inches, culmen Q-Go, wing 2-6, tail 3-9, 

 tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Does not differ from the male in colour, but is 



