234 



MUSCTOAPID.'E. 



wing-covorts liko the back, the greater series externallj- odgecl with 

 hoary white ; quills brown, edged with grey, lighter on the primaries, 

 the inner secondaries narrowly tipped with white ; lores white, ex- 

 tending over the fore part of the eye ; eyelid T\'hite ; ear-coverts and 

 sides of face grey ; under surfnce of body whitish, the breast and 

 sides of body grey ; thighs blackish with white edgings ; under 

 wing-coverts white ; quills brown below, edged with white along 

 the inner web ; " bill lead-colour, the edges paler ; feet blackish ; 

 iris brown " {PcaJe, Graeffe). Total length 5 inches, culraen 0"55, 

 wing 2*8, tail 2'45, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult male. Similar to the female. Total length 5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-55, wing 2-5, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-7. 



Hctb. Fiji Islands. 



n, b. S 2 ■'^fl- sk. 



c. $ ad. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



N'Dreketti, Fiji (K L. 



Lmjard). 

 ]M'I5au Island, Fiji, Aug. 



186-5. 

 I^eviika, Ovalau, July 



1865. 



Rev. S. J. Whitmee. 

 J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.J. 

 J. r>rencliloy,Esq. [P.]. 



21. MIRO. 



Typo. 



Mivo, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 389 (1831) M. australi.s. 



Myioscopus, Reichenh. Stjst. Av. Taf. Ixvii. tig. 12 (1850) M. au.stralis. 



Leg of Miro albifrons. 

 Bange. Confined to New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. 



Keif to the Species. 



a. With a white frontal spot ; centre of abdomen 



white. 

 a'. Larger ; wing 395 inches, tarsus 1-5 : 



throat dark ashy brown or blackish, with 



white shaft-lines ; whitish breast-patch 



large alhifrons, p. 235. 



b'. Smaller ; wiug 3-6 inches, tarsus 1-4 : breast- 

 patch small ; throat hoary grey, the feathers 



edged with brown ; breast ashy, with 



whitish shaft-lines . cmsfrn/is, p. 235. 



b. Entirely black above and below, with no white 



spot on the forehead and no white on the 



abdomen traversi, p. 230. 



