from New Zealand and adjacent Islands. 589 



Though unable to trace the history of specimen "f" I 

 am probably justified in regarding it as having come from 

 North Island, as it is precisely similar to the specimens 

 " a-c " ; specimens " d & e " are likewise almost certainly 

 from the North Island, but I have been unable to obtain 

 any satisfactory proof of this. 



Dr. Sharpe [Zoology of the c Erebus ' and ' Terror/ 

 Appendix, p. 25 (1875)] states that in company with 

 Dr. Oustalet he had examined the type of Gerygone igata, 

 which still existed in the Jardin des Plantes, and considered 

 that it was distinct from G. flaviventris. Subsequently, 

 however, when writing the Catalogue of Birds, he appears 

 to have changed his mind, and come to the conclusion that 

 the names were synonymous. 



There can, I think, be no doubt that G. sylvestris Potts, 

 from Westland, South Island, is synonymous with the 

 present species. As in P. flaviventris, the iris is red. 



88. Rhipidura flabellifera Gmel. 



Rhipidura flabellif era Buller, B. N. Zeal. i. pt. ii. p. 69, 

 pi. iv. (1887) ; Lorenz-Liburnau, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, 

 xvii. p. 310 (1902). 



a,b. ? adult. Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand, 

 March 1901. 



The Pied Fantail-Flycatcher has the iris and legs black 

 {F. W. Hutton) . 



The above specimens have the upper parts rather darker 

 than the majority of specimens and the breasts unusually 

 deeply coloured : this is, however, probably due to some 

 impurity in the formaline in which they were sent home. 



89. Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrm.). 



Rhipidura fuliginosa Buller, B. New Zeal. i. pt. ii. p. 72, 

 pi. iv. . (1887) ; Lorenz-Liburnau, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, 

 xvii. p. 310 (1902). 



a, b. £ adult. Dusky Sound, South Island, New 

 Zealand, March 1901. 



The Sooty Fantail-Flycatcher has the iris, upper mandible, 

 and legs black, and the lower mandible white. 



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