50. CtAXOlUIAMPHrS. 



589 



Obs. The Chatham Islauds birds are said to be larger, and require 

 comparison. 



a. Ad. st. 



b, c. Ad. st. et 

 sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. 

 (/. Ad. sk. 

 h, i. Ad. sk. et 



var. sk. 

 k. 2 ad. sk. 

 /. Skeleton. 



New Zealand. 

 Now Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand (F. Strange). 



Ni'w Zi -aland. 

 New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand Co. [P.]. 

 Massena Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Capt. Stokes [P.]. 

 Miss R. Stone [P.]. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



Zool. Soc. Coll. 



13. Cyanorhamphus intermedius. 



Cyanorhamphus intermedia (sic), Rchnio. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 44 



(Consp. 1'sitt. p. 44). 

 Cyanorhamphus intermedius, Rchnio. Journ. f. Orn. 1883, p. 415 ; td. 

 ' Vof/elbild. Nachtr. 10 (18S3). 



Similar to G. auriceps, but the yellow colour of the crown is paler, 

 greenish yellow as in 0. alpinus ; frontal band carmine. Total 

 length 250 millim., wing 113, tail 133, culmen of the bill 14. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



I am not acquainted with this species, the description of which 

 I have taken from Reichenow ; but I doubt whether it is anything 

 else than G. auriceps, which seems to vary a good deal in size.* 



* Cyanoriiampuus, sp. 



Platycercus mallierbi, G. R. Gr. {nee Souanci) List Psitt Brit. Mus. p. 14 



(1859) (Auckland Island and New Zealand); id. Ibis, 1862, p. 229; 



Finsch, Journ. f. Orn. 18(37, p. 325 ; Bull. B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. pp. 143, 



145 (=auriceps) (1888). 

 Cyanorhamphus malherbi, G. R. Gr. (nee Souance), Hand-list, \v p. 140 



n. 8047 (1870) (Auckland Island); Rchnw. 1 "bgelbild. in the test of C. 



auriceps, t. xsi. f. 4 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 18S1, p. 44 (Consp. 



Psitt. p. 44). 



Exactly like C. auriceps, only smaller ; total length 8'3 inches, wing 39, 

 tail 12, bill 0-47, tarsus Ulil. 



Hab. Auckland Island and New Zealand. 



.Mr. Gray in his 'Hand-list' and also Dr. Reichenow have treated the 

 Auckland bird, of which I thiuk there is a single specimen known, as distinct from 

 C. auriceps, on account of its smaller dimensions ; but equally small birds are 

 found in New Zealand; and I doubt whether tins smaUer form, on which a 

 new name would have to be bestowed, can really be separated from C. auriceps: 

 the want of a good series of specimens, properly sexed and from reliable locali- 

 ties, prevents me from expressing a decided opinion on the subject. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad.sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad.sk. 



Auckland Islands. 



Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 



Port Nicholson, south of North Island. 



New Zealand. 



Antarctic Expedition. 

 Antarctic Expedition. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Twceddale Coll. 



