588 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie- Grant on Birds 



lighter olive-brown colour of the upper parts, which shades 

 into a warmer tint on the rump and upper tail-coverts, by 

 having the axillaries, sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts 

 strongly washed with yellow, and the subterminal white bar 

 on the outer pairs of tail-feathers somewhat wider. The 

 iris is black. 



Of three adult examples of this species in the Tring 

 Museum, only one is labelled "Duuedin, iris dark." 



In P . flaviventris the general colour above is dark olive- 

 brown with a more olive tinge on the lower back and rump, 

 the entire under parts are grey, whitish on the axillaries and 

 middle of the belly, and very faintly tinged with yellowish 

 on the flanks and under tail-coverts. The iris is red. 



The synonymy of this species is as follows : — 



87. PSEUDOGERYGONE FLAVIVENTRIS G. R. Gray. 



Gerygone flaviventris G. \\. Gray, Voy. Ereb. & Terror, 

 Birds, p. 5, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1844) ; Sharpe, t. c, Appendix, 

 p. 25 (1875). 



Gerygone aucklandica Pelz. Reise Novara, Vog. p. 65 

 (1865). 



Gerygone sylvestris Potts, Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. v. p. 177 

 (1873). 



Pseudogerygone igata Sharpe (uec Q. & G.), Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. iv. p. 218 (1879). 



Gerygone flaviventris Buller, B. New- Zeal. i. p. 44 [part. J 

 (1888). 



Pseudogerygone flaviventris (J rant, Bull. B. O. C. xv. 

 no. cxvi. p. 81 (1905). 



The following specimens are in the British Museum : — 



a. Adult [juv. sk., fide Sharpe] . Bay of Islands, North 

 Island, New Zealand [Lieut. A. Smith). Voyage of the 

 ' Erebus ' and ' Terror.' Type of the species. [42.12.16.39.] 



b, c. Adult. Bay of Islands [Lieut. A. Smith). Voyage 

 of the ' Erebus ' and ' Terror.' [43.9.16. 11 & 12.] 



d, e. (J ? adult. [North Island] [F. Strange). Pre- 

 sented by Capt. Stokes, R.N. 

 /. Adult. [North Island.] Zoological Society's Collection. 



