from New Zealand and adjacent Islands. 587 



I did not run after her, and soon found the nest, with four 

 young ones, close to my shoulder. Her device roust, 

 however, be successful in deceiving her worst enemies, or 

 the habit would not have been acquired and retained by 

 such a large number of birds of all sorts and sizes/' 



I have carefully compared the birds from Enderby Island 

 with examples from New Zealand ; but the former, which were 

 sent home in formaline, having made somewhat faded and 

 draggled skins, render comparison difficult, and it is im- 

 possible to say whether the birds from the two localities are 

 absolutely identical. I may point out, however, that males 

 from Enderby Island appear to be a trifle larger, the wing 

 measuring 3*1 inches, while in New Zealand birds it is 

 generally less than 30 inches in length. 



86. Pseudogerycoxi: igata (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Carrara igata Quoy ct Gairn. Voy. de PAstrol., Zool. i. 

 p. 201, pi. xi. fig. 2 (1830). 



Gerygone flaviventris Buller, B. New Zeal. i. pts. iv.-vi. 

 p. 44 [part.], pi. ii. (1888). 



Pseudogerygone igata Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xv. no. cxvi. 

 p. 80 (1905)'. 



a. <$ adult. Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand, 

 March 1901. Ranfurly Coll. 



b, c. Adult. Dusky Sound, South Island, June and July. 

 Ranfurly Coll. 



The South-Island ei Warbler" has the iris, bill, and legs 

 black {R. Henry) . 



The Flycatchers of the genus Pseudogerygone from the 

 North and South Islands, though apparently perfectly dis- 

 tinct from one another, have been included under one heading- 

 by Sir Walter Buller, and by ornithologists generally. 

 Previous to the arrival of the birds sent home by Lord 

 Ranfurly from South Island, the British Museum did not 

 possess examples of the true P. igata, and, as will be seen 

 from the lists given below, all the specimens in the collection 

 appear to have been procured in the North Island. P. igata 

 may be distinguished from P. flaviventris G. R. Gray by the 



