7. CERTHIPARUS*. 



Trpe. 



Mohoua, Less. Compl. Buff. ix. p. 139 (18-')7) C ocln-ocephalus. 



Certhiparus, De Lafremuije, Revue Zool. 1842, p. G9. C. albicillus. 

 Clitniyx, Heic/ienb. Handb. spec. Ornith. i. p. 167 



(1851) C. ocliroceplialu3 



Head of Certhiparus ochrocephalus. 



Bill similar to that of Sphenostoma ; nostrils operculatcd and ex- 

 posed ; first primary quill well developed, in C. ochroceplialns even 

 longer than three fourths of the next primary, which again is com- 

 paratively short ; secondaries short, only three fourths to four fifths 

 of the whole wing ; tail about equal to the wing in length, either 

 graduated or sq\\are{C.ochrocepluilus) ; tip of wing formed by fourth, 

 fifth, and sixth primaries. Without a crest. 



Range. Confined to New Zealand. 



1. Certhiparus albicillus. 



Fringilla albicilla, Less. Voy. Coq. i. p. 662 (1826). 



Parus senilis, Ditbus, BtiH. Ac. Boy. Bru.v. vi. p. 297 (1839). 



Certhiparus senilis, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 69. 



Certhiparus albicillus, Gray, Voy. Ereb. 4' Teii: p. 6, pi. 5. fio-. 2 



(1844) ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 194 ; Bp. C. A. p. ■226 ; id. C. R. ib54, 



p. 60. 

 Certhiparus cinerea, Ellmann, Zool. 1861, p. 7465. 

 Mohoua ? albicilla, Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 220. 

 Orthonyx albicilla, Gray, Huyid-l. B. i. p. 185, no. 2535 ('1869) ; 



Fmsch, J.f. 0. 1870, p. 25-3; Hutton, Cat. B. Neic Zeal. p. 9 (1871) ; 



Buller, B. New Zeal. p. 101, pi. 12. fig. 1 ; id. Mat), p. 16, pi. 9. 



fig. 2. 



Adult. Head and neck all round, breast, and middle of abdomen 

 white ; rest of underparts dull white, with a vinous brown tinge ; 

 mantle, back, and quUls brown ; the wing-coverts and outer edges 



* Eegarding the systematin position of tbe species included in this genus see 

 Forbes, ' Ibis,' 1882, p. 044. 



