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of quills paler ; tail lisjht yellowish brown, quills internally edged 

 with pale yellow ; " bill black ; feet bluish black, with paler soles aud 

 brown claws ; iris black " {Bailer). Total length about 5-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-55, wing 2-75-2-9, tail 2-7-2-9, tarsus 1. 



Young. Underparts and crown of head dull white ; general colour 

 above pale brown. 



Hah. North Island of Xew Zealand. 



a, b,c. (5 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Bay of Inlands, New Antarctic Expedition [C.]. 



Zealand. 



/. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Purchased. 



2. CertMparus novae zealandiae. 



New-Zealand Titmouse, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. oo8 (1781). 



Parus novse seelandi:e, Gin. Si/st. JVat. i. p. 1013 (1788). 



Parus novje zealandiae, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 571 (1790) ; Vtetll. Nouv. 



Did. XX. p. 330. 

 Parus zelandicus, Quoy et Gaim. Toy. Astrol. i. p. 210, pi. 2. fig. 3 



(1830). 

 Certhiparus' novae zelandise, De Lafresn. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 69. 

 Certhiparus novae seelandite, Gray in Dieffenh. Travels, ii. App. p. 189 



(1843) ; id. Voy. Erehus Sf Terror, Birds, p. 6, pi. 5. tig. 1 ; id. Gen. 



B. i. p. 194; id. Ibis, 18G2, p. 221 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 235, no. 3407. 

 Certhiparus novfe zealandiae, Finsch, J. f. 0. 1870, p. 254 ; Hutton, 



B. N. Zeal. p. 11 ; Bidler, B. N. Zeal. p. 105 ; id. Man. B. New 



Zeal. p. 21. 

 Certhiparus macuHcaudus, Grai/ in Dieffenh. Trav. ii. App. p. 189 



(1843) ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 194; id. Ibis, 1862, p. 221 ; id. Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 235, no. 3408. 

 Parus urostigma, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 90 (1844). 



General colour above and crown of head red-brown ; tail brighter, 

 all the feathers but the central pair with a large blackish brown 

 subterminal patch on the inner web ; wing-coverts and quills dark 

 brown, externally washed with the colour of the back ; sides of neck 

 and hind neck dark grey ; all the underparts dull white with an 

 isabelliue tinge, especially on the abdomen and on the under wing- 

 coverts ; under tail-coverts pinkish isabelline ; bill aud feet brown ; 

 " iris grey " {F. Strange). Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 

 2-4-2-5, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-9. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



a,b. (S 2 ad. sk. New Zealand (F. Strange). Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



c. [ c? ] ad. sk. South Island, New Zealand. J. White, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Dr. A. Sinclair [P.]. 



3. Certhiparus ochrocephalus. 



YeUow-headed Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 342 (1783). 

 Muscicapa ochrocephala, Gm. S. X. i. p. 944 (1788, ex Lath ). 

 Certhia heterocUtes, Quay et Gaim. Voy. Astrol. i. pi. 17. fig. 1 

 (1830). 



