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wing ; quills iuternallj' edged vnth white. Tail rounded, a little 

 longer than the wing, each feather pointed. 

 Hange. Xew Zealand. 



1. Pogonornis cincta. 



Meliphaga cincta, Diibus, Bull. Ac. Sc. Brtt.v. vi. p. 295 (1839). 

 Ptilotis auritus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 257. 



Ptilotis cincta, Gray, Voij. 'Erehis ' and ^Terror,' Birds, p. 4 (1844). 

 Pogonornis cincta, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 123, pi. 39. fig. 4 (184G) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 159, no. 2073 ; Reichenh. Handh. Meropince, pi. 491. 



figs. 3464-65 ; Bulkr, B. New Zeal. p. 98, pi. 10. 



Adult male. Head and neck all round, chest, and part of the 

 mantle velvety black ; on each side of the head a little behind the 

 eye a few pure white feathers, forming an erectile tuft ; lesser wing- 

 coverts and a narrow baud across the chest rich yellow ; mantle and 

 back blackish brown, with yellowish edges to the feathers ; rump 

 and upper tail-covcrts olive-brown ; wings and tail blackish brown, 

 externally edged with dull yellow or whitish ; basal half of some of 

 the innermost secondaries and their coverts pure white ; breast and 

 abdomen pale yellowish brown, with darker centres to the feathers ; 

 flanks slightly Avashed with olive ; under wing-coverts whitish and 

 grey ; inner margin of remiges white ; " iris black ; bill brownish 

 black ; feet pale brown " (Buller). Cidmen 0"8 inch, wing 4, tail 3"2, 

 tarsus !•]. 



Adult female. Dull brownish olive above, inclining to pale brown 

 on the underparts ; wings and tail edged with pale brownish olive ; 

 white patch on the wings and the tufts on the head far less deve- 

 loped than in the male. AYing 3'75 inches. 



Hah. New Zealand. 



a, 6. c? 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. New Zealand Co. [P.]. 



d. 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Miss R. Stone [P.]. 



e. tS ad. sk. New Zealand. New Zealand Co. [P.]. 



6. MELIORNIS. 



Meliornis, Gray, List of Genera of Birds, p. 19 



(1840) ._ M. novfe hollaudia?. 



Phylidonyris, Lesson (pt.), Traite d'Orn. i. p. 298 



(1831) M. australasiana. 



Lichmera, Cabanis, Mus. Heineanum, i. p. 118 



(1850) M. australasiana. 



Melisympotes, Beichenbach, Natiirl. System d. 



Voyel (Jide Gray's Hand-l. B.) M. australasiana. 



Bill about as long as the rest of the head. Nostrils opercu- 

 lated, not covered with feathers. First primary comparatively long. 

 Tip of wing formed by the third to sixth primaries. Quills inter- 

 nally edged with fulvous. Tail rounded, and a little longer than the 

 wing. 



Range. Australia. 



