253 



MELIPHAGIDJ!. 



■wing-coverts black ; the median wing- coverts pnre white at their 

 terminal half, thus forming- a conspicuous band across the shoulders ; 

 " bill and feet blackish brown ; iris dark brown " (BuUtr). 



The female resembles the male, but is slightly less metallic and 

 smaller. 



Young birds. " Uniform black, with a broad undefined patch or 

 circlet of greyish white on the throat, varying in extent and some- 

 times spreading all round the neck ; median wing-coverts white, as 

 in the adult ; iris black ; rictal membrane yellow." (Buller.) 



Ad. cS . Culmen 1-2-1-35 inch, wing 5-5-G-5, tail 5-5*5, tarsus 

 1-6-1-65. 



Ad. 2 • Culmen 1-1 inch, wing 5, tail 4-6, tarsus 1-4. 



Bab. New Zealand and Auckland Islands. 



«■ d ; 6, c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. cJ ad. sk. 



e. 2 ad. St. 

 f,ff. c? 2 ad. sk. 



h,i. [c?] ad. sk. 

 k. cJ ad. sk. 

 /, m. Ad. sk. 

 n, 0. S 2 "d. sk. 



p. Juv. sk. 



g, r. 2 ad. ; s. 2 



inim. sk. 

 t. Ad. St. 



New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand (Ant- 

 arctic Expecl.). 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 

 Auckland Islands. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand Co. [P.]. 

 Capt. Stokes [P.]. 

 Capt. Stokes [P.]. 

 The Admiralty [P.]. 



Sir George Grey [P.]. 

 Sir E. Home [P.]. 

 Miss E. Stone [P.]. 

 F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Antarctic Expedition [P.J. 



Purchased. 



9. MANORHINA. „ 



Type. 

 Manorina, Vieill. Kouv. Diet. xix. p. 2SC (1818) .... M. melanophrys. 

 Manorhina, Vieill. Galerie des Ois. pi. 149 (1825) . . M. melanophrys. 

 Mvzantha, Viff. 8,- Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 319 



(1826) M. gan-ula. 



ManorrhiDa, Beichenb. Syst. Av. pi. 35 (1850) ..... M. garrula. 



Head of Manorhina garrula. 



Bin equal to (Myzamlia) or a little shorter than the rest of the 

 head ; laterally compressed and high (Manorhina), or slightly 

 curved and serrated (Myzantha). Nostrils operculated and partly 

 beset with feathers. First primary comparatively long. Tip of wing 

 formed by the third to fifth primaries. Secondaries foi;r fifths 

 (Manorhina) or two thirds (Myzantha) the length of the wing. Tail 

 rounded, slightly shorter (Manorhina) or slightly longer than wing 



