452 XENICID-ai. 



a, b. Ad. st. New Zealand. Purchased. 



c. S ad. ; d, e. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



2 ad. sk. 



f, 9- 6 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Eyton Coll. 



'h,'i. d ad. ; j-l, New Zealand. Purchased. 



o ad. sk. 



m. Ad. sk. New Zealand (T. J. Parker). Sclater Coll. 



2. XENICUS. „ 



Type. 

 Xenicus, G. B. Gray, Cat. of Gen. of B. p. 31 (1855) . . X. longipes. 



The larger, longer tarsi and the more broadened bill at once 

 distinguish this form from Acanthidositta. 



The nest appears to be like that of Acanthidositta, but of more 

 finished construction. The eggs are of a spotless white. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Above dark green ; beneath usky 1. longipes, p. 452. 



B. Above brown ; beneath pale brown 2. gilviventris, p. 453. 



1. Xenicus longipes. 



Long-legged Warbler, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 465 (1783). 

 Motacilla longipes, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 979 (1788, ex Lath). 

 Sylvia longipes, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 529 (1790). 

 Acanthisitta longipes, Gray, List of Gen. of Birds, App. p. 6 (1842) ; 



Ellman, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7466. 

 Xenicus longipes, Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 218; Finsch, J.f 0. 1867, 



p. 320, 1870, p. 251, 1872, p. 109, et 1874, pp. 171,184; Pelz. 



Verh. Jc.-k.zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1867, p. 316; Butter, Birds of Neiu 



Zealand, p. 115 (1873) ; id. Ibis, 1874, p. 116 ; id. Man. B. of 



N Z p. 14 (1882) ; id. B. of N. Z. ed. ii. p. 108 ; Hutton, Cat. 



B. of N. Z. p. 7 (1871) ; id. Ibis, 1874, p. 37 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 



1882, p. 569. 

 Xenicus stokesii, Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 219 ; Finsch, J. f. O. 1867, 



p. 320, 1870, p. 251, 1872, p. 109, et 1874, p. 184. 



Upper parts dark green, tinged with yellow, shading into dark 

 brown on the forehead and crown ; sides of the head black, with a 

 broad superciliary streak of white extending beyond the ears, and 

 then changing to yellow ; sides, thighs, and rump bright greenish 

 yellow ; fore-neck, breast, and abdomen cinereous grey, with a 

 beautiful gloss (sometimes tinged with cobalt), and softening into 

 greyish white on the throat; lining of wings pale yellow; quills, 

 on their outer webs, and the tail-feathers olivaceous green ; irides 

 and bill brownish black ; tarsi and toes pale brown : length 4 

 inches, wing 2-25, tail 1. Female. Upper parts umber-brown, 

 tino-ed with yellowish green, especially on the rump ; crown shaded 

 with purplish brown ; superciliary streak white ; throat, sides of 

 the neck, breast, and upper part of abdomen delicate vinous brown ; 

 sides of the body, flanks, and thighs dull lemon-yellow ; inner 

 lining of wings pure yellow. 



Hub. South Island of New Zealand. 





