236 MFSCTCAPTD-E. 



Adidt male. Above dull ashy grey, the feathers with distinct 

 whitish shafts, tlio feathers of (he head with darker margins ; least 

 wing-coverts like the hack, the median and- greater series browner, 

 as also the qnills, which have ashy margins and are barred across 

 the base of the inner web with white, represented on the outer web 

 of the secondaries by an ashy-white spot ; tail-feathers dusky brown, 

 margined witli ashy, lighter on the outer ones ; at the base of the 

 forehead a small spot of white ; lores and feathers below the eye 

 hoary whitish; sides of face, ear-coverts, and sides of neck dusky 

 grey, with conspicuous white shaft-lines ; throat, breast, and sides 

 of body hoary grey, darker on the breast, with white shaft-lines ; 

 abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; thighs dusky grey, 

 with white edgings to the feathers ; under wing-coverts white, with 

 an obscure dusky spot near the edge of the wing ; quills dark brown 

 below, white at base of secondaries, with an obscure bar of dull 

 white obliquely across the base of the primaries ; " bill blackish 

 brown ; tarsi and toes pale brown, the soles dull yellow : iris black " 

 (Bv.ller). Total length 5"9 inches, culmen 0-7, wing S'G, tail 2-6, 

 tarsus 1"4. 



Adult femnle. Similar to the male, but rather paler and lighter 

 grey, and with more white on the breast. Total length 5"9 inches, 

 wing 3-45, tail 2-45, tarsus 1-35. 



Hah. North Island, New Zealand. 



a. $ ad. sk. New Zealand. Antarctic Expedition [C.]. 



h,c. c? $ ad. sk. New Zealand {F. Strange). Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Purchased. 



c. Ad. St. New Zealand. New-Zealand Co. [P.]. 



3. Miro traversi. 



Miro traversi, Bidkr, B. N. Zeal. p. 123 ; id. Ibis, 1874, p. 116. 

 Petro3ca traversi, Hutton, Ibis, 1872, p. 245 ; Truvers, Tr. N. Zeal. 



Inst. V. p. 210. 

 Myiomoira traversi, Finsch, J. f. O. 1874, p. 189 ; Sharpe, Voy. Ereb. 



<§• Terror, Birds, App. p. 27.' 



Adult. Entirely black above and below, the wings rather browner. 

 Total length (M inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-2.5, tail 2-65, tarsus 

 1-2.5. 



Hah. Chatham Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Chatham Islands. W. Travers. Esq. [C.]. 



