2. xenicus. 453 



a. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



b. $ ad. sk. Milford Sound, New Zealand. Colonial Mu3eum. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Gould Coll. 



2. Xenicus gilviventris. 



Xenicus gilviventris, Peheln, Verh. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1867, 

 p. 316 ; Hutton, Cat. B. of N. Z. p. 7 (1871) ; Finsch, J.f. 0. 1870, 

 p. 251, 1872, pp. 83, 109, et 1874, pp. 171, 184; Buller, Birds of 

 New Zealand, p. 117 (1873) ; id. Man. B. of N. Z. p. 15 (1882) ; id. 

 Birds of Neiu Zealand, ed. ii. p. 111. 



Acantliisitta gilviventris, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 183. 



Xenicus haasti, Buller, Ibis, 1869, p. 37 ; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1870, p. 251, 

 1872, p. 83, et 1874, p. 184. 



Acantliisitta liaasti, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 183. 



Upper parts dull olive-brown, with a greyish gloss, darker on the 

 forehead and crown, and tinged on the back, wing-coverts, and 

 rump with yellowish green : sides of the head dark brown, with a 

 narrow superciliary streak of fulvous white, widening above the 

 ears : underparts delicate purplish brown, with a silky appearance, 

 and fading into fulvous white at the base of the lower mandible ; 

 the sides of the body lemon-yellow; wing-feathers brown, the 

 primaries margined on their outer webs with dull olive ; the secon- 

 daries with an apical spot of fulvous on their outer webs ; tertials 

 and lesser wing-coverts black, forming a conspicuous triangular 

 spot ; inner lining of wings pale yellow : tail-feathers dull olive ; 

 irides and bill blackish brown ; tarsi and toes pale brown, claws 

 darker: length 3-7 inches, wing 2-1, tail 0-75. Female. Similar, 

 but upper parts dull yellowish brown, shaded with umber on the 

 crown, and tinged with yellowish olive on the wings and rump ; 

 the superciliary streak less distinct ; and the underparts pale 

 fulvous, stained on the sides of the body with lemon-yellow. 



Rah. South Island of New Zealand. 



a. Ad. sk. Rirnusaka Hills, New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



