218 MUSCICAPIDiE. 



A*. A distinct wliite eyebrow ; throat 



white ; rest of under surface yellow poliocephala, p. 229. 

 h. Throat dark, forming a patch of black or brown 

 contrasting with the breast; forehead and 

 sides of face brown or black like the throat, 

 the cheeks and a loral spot of white forming 

 a strong- contrast ; bill entirely black. 



e". Sides of face and throat brown 2)ersonata cJ , P- 229. 



/". Sides of face and throat black ^ja/peSrosw c5' , P- 230, 



1. Pseudogerygone igata.* 



Curruca igata, Qi'oij et Gaim. Voy. de VAstrol., Zool. i. p. 201, pi. 11. 



fig. 2. 

 Gervgone flaviventris, Oray, Voi/. Ereh. 8; Terror, Birds, p. 5, pi. 4. 



fig. 1 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 29-3 ; Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 221 ; Bidler, B. 



New Zealand, p. 107 ; Finsch, J.f. 0. 1872, p. 160, et 1874, p. 186 ; 



Sharpe, Voy. Erehis ^ Terr., Birds, App. p. 25 ; Gi/lis, Tr. N. Zeal. 



Inst, vii.p. 524 ; Buller, op. cit. viii. p. 190 ; Finsch, op. cit. p. 201. 

 Acanthiza igata, Gray, in Dieffenh. Trav. ii. App. p. 189 ; id. Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 220, no. 3141. 

 Acanthiza tiaviventris, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 189 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 219, no. 3129. 

 Gerygone igata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 293 ; Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 221 ; Pelz. 



Meis. Nomra, Vog. p. 65 ; Fimch, J. f. 'O. 1872, p. 162, et 1874, 



p. 187 ; Buller, B. N. Zeal., Intr. p. xv ; Sharjie, Voy, Freb. 4" 



Terror, Birds, App. p. 25. 

 P Gerygone auclvlandica, Pelz. Reis. Novara, Vog. p. 65. 

 Gerygone assimilis, Bidler, Essay on N. Zeal. Orn. p. 9. 

 Acanthiza assimilis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 220, no. 3142. 

 Acanthiza aucklandica. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 220, no. 3140 j Giebel, 



Orn. Thesaurus, p. 257. 

 Pseudogerygone igata, Sharpe, Notes Ley den Mtis. i. no. 9, p. 29. 



Adult male. General colour above dark olive-brown, with a more 

 distinct olive tinge on the back and rump ; upper tail-coverts rather 

 lighter; tail-feathers ashy brown with a broad antesubterminal 

 shade of black, aU but the centre feathers with a distinct subtermi- 



* The following species is unknown to me, and Mr. Potts, who separates the 

 bird as distinct from P. igata {yel Jlaviveniris) on account of the different song, 

 does not give any sj)ecific characters : — 



Pseudogerygone sylvestris. 

 Gerygone sylyestris, Potts, Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. v. p. 177, vi. p. 144 ; Finsch, 

 Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. vii. p. 229. 



If Von Pelzeln's Pseudogerygone aucklandica be really distinct from P. igata, 

 Mr. Pott's species might liave to bear that name. 



Adidt male. Upper surface dark ohvaceoiis ; wings smoky black, except first 

 two feathers, outer webs fringed with yellow ; cheek dark grey, darkest in a 

 line from tlie gape through the eye ; chin grey ; neck and breast pale grey ; 

 abdomen white ; under wiug-covsrts white ; upper wing-coverts brown, mar- 

 gined with yellow ; upper tail-coverts slaty black, tipped with yeUow ; tail 

 brown, with a broad band of black, two centre feathers black, tipped with brovra, 

 four feathers on each side tipped with white on inner webs, pale browu on outer 

 webs, two outer feathers broadly barred with white, tipped with brown. Bill 

 black, both mandibles horn-colour at the point ; legs and feet black ; inside of 

 feet yellowish flesh ; irides bright blood-red. Bill from gape 6 lines, wings 

 from flexure 2 inches, tail 2 inches 2 lines, tarsus 9 lines, middle toe and claw 

 6 lines ; total length 4 inches 5 lines. 



H.ah. Westland, New Zealand. 



