256 MEUPHAQID^. 



Anthomyza cseruleocephala, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 327 (1837). 



Philedoii saiiDio, Less. Cumjjl. Buff. xi. p. 165 (1838). 



Anthornis melanura, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 1.5 (1841); id. Gen. B. 



i. p. 123, pi. 39. fig. 5 ; 'id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 158, no. 29-''j9 ; Reichenh. 



Hundh. Meropince,\. p. 100, pi. 4G5. figs. 3410-11 ; Buller, B. Neio 



Zeal. p. 91. 

 Certhia olivacea, Fmster, Bescr. Anim. p. 79 (1844). 

 Anthornis ruficeps, v. Pelz. Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1867, 



p. 316; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 158, no. 2062. 



Adult male. Wings and tail black ; all the rest of the upper and 

 under parts uniform dull yellowish green, the yellow colour being 

 more prevalent on the abdomen, Hunks, and under tail- coverts, 

 whilst the mantle and anterior half of the body are more inclined to 

 olive ; on the sides of the breast a few very fluffy feathers, which 

 are pale yellow and somewhat longer than the others ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner margin of quills brown, the former washed with 

 olive. In position B the head and neck all round show a very strong 

 violet submetallic gloss. Bill and feet dark brown. 



Adult female. General colour above olive-brown ; crown only very 

 faintly showing the violet gloss ; underparts dingy fawn-colour, with 

 a slight olive tinge ; axillaries, middle of breast and abdomen, and 

 the pectoral tufts whitish yellow ; inner margin of quills and under 

 wing-coverts very pale buff; part of the cheeks whitish. 



Young males resemble the females, but have the breast and ab- 

 domen more yellowish, whilst the fore neck and chest are stronglj'- 

 washed with fawn-colour ; cheeks whitish. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



iu. in. in. in. 



Ad. S 0-8-0-9 3-2-3-7 3-0-3-5 l-O-l'l 



Ad. 2 0-7 3-25 2-9 1-0 



Ad. $ 0-73 2-9 2-6 0-86 



Hah. New Zealand. 



a. Ad. St. New Zealand. Purchased. 



h, c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Purchased. 



d, e. cJ 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Gould Collection. 



/. (S ad. sk. New Zealand. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



g. 2 ad. ; A. Imm. New Zealand. Henry Wharton, Esq. [P.]. 



sk. 



i, k. (S , I. 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Captain Stokes [P.]. 



m. 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Antarctic Expedition, 



n. FcJ] ad. sk. Bay of Islands. Antarctic E.xpedition. 



o, 2). 6 2 ad. sk. Auckland Islands. Antarctic Expedition. 



2. Anthornis melanocephala. 



Anthornis melanocephala. Gray, in Dieff. Tmv. ii. Aj^p. p. 188 (1848) ; 



id. Gen. B. i. p. 123 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 158, no. 2060 ; Reichenh. 



Handb. Meropince, pi. 465. fig. 3409 ; Buller, B. Neiv Zeal. p. 96. 

 Anthornis auriocula. Buller, Essay Orn. Xeiv Zeal. p. 8 (1865) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 158, no. 2061. 



Like A. melanura in coloration, but considerably larger ; head 



