21. MiKO. 235 



1. Miro albifrons. 



White-fronted Tliriish, Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. pt. 1, p. 71. 



Tui'dus albifrons, G/n. Si/d. Nat. i. p. 822 {ex Lath.). 



Miro albifrous, Grai/ in Dicjfcnb. Trav. ii. App. p. 190; Bp. Consp. 1. 



p. ?m ; Bidler, Ii. N. Zeal. p. 122 ; Sharpe, Voy. Ereb. ^ Terror, 



Birds, App. p. 25, pi. 6. fig. 2. 

 Petroiea albifrons, Grai/, T'oi/. Ereh. ^~ Terror, Birds, p. 7, pi. G. fig. 2 ; 



id. Gen. B. I. p. 8.3 ;' id. Ibis, 18(;2, p. 223 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 229, 



no. 3308 ; Hutton, Cat. JV.Z. Birds, p. 12 ; Fimch, J. f. O. 1870, 



p. 321. 

 Tardus ochrotarsus, Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 82 (ex icon. ined. 148 ; 



Dusky Bay, March 28, 1773). 

 Muscieapa albifrons, Ell man, Zool. 18G1, p. 7465. 

 Myioscopus albifrons, Finsch, J.f. O. 1872, p. 160, et 1874, p. 187. 



Adult. General colour above sooty grey, the head browiier, the 

 feathers with greyish bases, on which portion of the plume the shaft 

 is whitish ; wing-coverts like the back, the greater series and quills 

 browner, the primaries lighter hrown on their edges ; tail dusky 

 brown ; on the forehead a small spot of white ; lores dull greyish 

 with white shaft-lines ; sides of face, throat, fore neck, and sides of 

 body dull greyish brown, with white shaft-lines to the feathers ; 

 chest, centre of breast, and abdomen creamy white ; thighs brown ; 

 axillaries dull greyish, as also the under wing-coverts, which have 

 whitish edges ; quills brown below, edged on the inner web with 

 lighter brown, the secondaries white at base ; " bill brownish black ; 

 palate and soft parts of the mouth yellow ; tarsi, toes, and claws 

 dark brown, the soles yellow ; iris black " (BitUer). Total length 

 7'5 inches, cnlmen 0'75, wing 3"9o, tail 2-95, tarsus 1"0. 



Female. Somewhat smaller than the male, and having the plumage 

 of the upper parts tinged with brown ; there is less yellow on the 

 breast, and the grey of the underparts is lighter. 



Hah. South Island, IS'ew Zealand. 



a. Ad. sk. Queen Charlotte Sound. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Antarctic Expedition [C]. 



2. Miro australis. 



Tm-dus austi-alis, Sjmrrni. Mits. Carks. ii. pi. 09 ; Sunder. Crit. am 



Sparrm. p. 11. 

 Muscieapa longipes, Gamut, Voy. Coquille, Zuol. i. p. 594, pi. 19. 



fi?. 1. 

 Myiothera novse zcalandise. Less. Man. iTOrn. i. p. 24'^. 

 Miro longipes, Lesson, Traite, p. 389 ; Buller, B. N. Zeal. p. 119 ; 



Sharpe, Voy. Ereb. ^- Terr. Birds, App. p. 25. 

 Petroiea austi'alis. Gray, Voy. Ereb. ^- Terr. Birds, p. 7; id. Gen. B. 



i. p. 18.3; Pelz. Beis. Nuvara, Voy. p. 05. 

 Miro australis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 299. 

 Mvioscopus longipes, Biielienh. Syst. Av. pi. G7. fig. 2; Finsch, J. f. 



O. 1872, p. 112, et 1874, p. 18(1! 

 Petroiea longipes. Gray, Ibis, 1802, p. 223 : id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 229, 



no. 3309. 



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