a^id the adjacent Islands. 219 



Motacilla longipes, Ginel. S. N. i. p. 979; Forst. Descr. An. 



p. 88^ et Icon. ined. 165. 

 Sylvia longipes, Lath. lud. Orn. ii. p. 529. 

 Acanthisitta longipes, G. R. Gr. List of Gen. of B. 1841^ ^PP- 



p. 6, et Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, p. 4. pi. 3. f. 1; Ellman, 



Zool. 1861, p. 7466. 

 ' E-tecte tee pomou/ ' Kakaruai/ ' Miro-miro/ of the natives. 

 Hab. Queen Charlotte's Sound; Rima-taka Hills, N. Z. 



16. Xenicus stokesii, G. R. Gr., sp. nov. 



Purplish brown above, tinged with olive on the lower part of 

 the back ; quills dull purplish brown with the outer margins 

 olivaceous ; beneath purplish white shining in some lights ; the 

 sides and abdomen olivaceous ; a broad white streak extending 

 from the nostrils over each eye to the hind part of the head ; bill 

 black ; legs and toes pale yellow. 



Bill from gape 7^'" ; tarsi 12^'" ; wings 2' 3'" ; middle toe 

 and claw 9^'". 



Hab. Rima-taka Hills, N. Z. [Capt. Stokes, R.N.). 



17. Acanthisitta chloris, G. R. Gr. Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, 



p. 4. pi. 3. f. 2 $ . 

 c? Sitta chloris, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 33. 

 Acanthiza tenuirostins, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 212. 

 Acanthisitta tenuirostris, Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1842, Ois. t. 27; 



EUman, Zool. 1861, p. 7466. 

 $ Citrine Warbler, Lath. Gen. Syn. iv. p. 464. 

 Motacilla citrina, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 979. 

 Sylvia citrina. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 529. 

 Motacilla citrinella, Forst. Descr. An. p. 89, et Icon. ined. 161. 

 Acanthisitta citrina, G. R. Gr. List of Gen. of B. 1841, App. 



p. 6; Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7466. 



to the base. Nostrils sunk in a short broad groove, with the opening large, 

 oval, and partly closed by a membrane. Wings short, rounded, with the 

 third, fourth, and fifth quills nearly equal and longest. Tarsi lengthened, 

 slender, longer than the middle toe, covered by an entire scale. Toes rather 

 long, slender, inner shorter than the outer and free at the base, the outer 

 one connected nearly to the lirst joint of the middle toe. Claws long, curved, 

 and verv acute. 



