58G Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



e. Adult (in spirits). Dusky Sound, South Island, New 

 Zealand, March. 



In the female of the South-Island Robin the iris, bill, and 

 legs are black (F. W. Hutton) . 



84. Mi no dannefaebjdi Rothsch. 



Miro dannefaerdi Rothsch. Nov. Zool. i. p. 688 (1894) 

 [Snares Is.] ; Lorenz-Liburnau, Ann. Hofrnus. Wien, xvii. 

 p. 305 (1902). 



a-e. S ? adult. Snares, 2nd January, 1901. 



The Snares-Island Robin has the iris, bill, and tarsi black, 

 the toes brown, and the soles orange. It is not uncommon 

 on the Snares (F. W. Hut (on). 



85. Petiuixa macrocephala (Gmel.). 



Myiomoira macrocephala Bullcr, B. New Zeal. i. pt. ii. 

 p. 42, pi. v. (1887) ; Lorenz-Liburnau, Ann. Hofmus. AVien, 

 xvii. p. 305 (1902). 



a. $ adult. Endcrby I., Auckland Is., 3rd January, 1901. 



b-e. <$ adult et immature. Enderby, 8th January, 1902. 



/. S adult. Endcrby, 14th January, 1901. 



y. £ adult. Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand, 

 June 1901. 



h. ? adult. Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand, 

 19th July, 1901. 



Iris brown, the ring round the eye grey, the bill grey, and 

 the legs and feet blackish-grey tinged with yellow (on the 

 soles). 



The South-Island Tit is not common in the Auckland 

 Islands (F. W. Hutton). 



Mr. Richard Henry has supplied Lord Ranfurly with 

 the following notes on its habits: — "This Tit builds its 

 nest under a bank or under a leaning tree, or in some 

 position where the rats cannot get at it. It is evidently 

 due to this precaution that the bird is so plentiful in this 

 rat-infested forest. The female is also an adept in trying 

 to decoy intruders away from her nest. I have seen her 

 tumbling about in the bed of a dry creek as if she was 

 wounded and in great distress, but, knowing that little ruse, 



