from New Zealand and adjacent Islands. 591 



93. Prosthemadera xo\ v. zi: vlaxdi.e (Gmel.). 

 Prosthemadera nocce zealandice, Buller, B. New Zeal. i. 



pt. iii. pp. 94, 242, pi. ii. fig. (woodcut of nest and eggs) 

 (1888), ii. p. 338 [Kermadecs] ; Lorenz-^Liburnau, Aan. 

 Hofmus. Wien, xvii. p. 311 (1902). 



a, b. Adult et immature. Port Ross, Auckland Is., 

 4th January, 1901. 



The Tui or Parson-bird is common on the Auckland 

 Islands {F. W. lint ton). 



94. Zosterops ccerulescens Lath. 



Zosterops cosrulescens Buller, B. New Zeal. i. pt. iii. 

 p. 77, pi. i. (1888), ii. p. 338 (1888) [Kermadecs] ; Lorenz- 

 Liburnau, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xvii. p. 310 (1902). 



Zosterops lateralis Filhol, Mem. Ac. France, Pass. Venus, 

 Miss, de Pile Campbell, iii. pt. ii. p. 37 (1885). 



a, b. ? adult. Snares, 2nd January, 1901. 



c, d. Adult. Enderby L, Auckland Is., 3rd January, 

 1901. 



e,f. Adult. Auckland Is., 8th January, 1902. 



We found the White-eye both on the Snares and Auck- 

 land Is., and Filhol has reported its presence on Campbell 

 Island. A nest with three addled eggs was found on the 

 Auckland Islands in the branches of a Dracophyllum longi- 

 j'olium (F. W. Hutton) . 



Iris dark brown, the bill black, greyish at the base, and 

 the legs and feet slate-grey (Ranfurly) . 



95. BOWDLERIA CAUDATA (Bull.). 



Sphenoeacus fulvus Buller (nee G. R. Gray), B. New 

 Zeal. i. p. 61 (1888). 



Sphenoeacus caudatus Buller, Ibis, 1894, p. 523 ; id. Tr. 

 New Zeal. Inst, xxvii. p. 128 (1895). 



Bowdleria caudata Lorenz-Liburnau, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, 

 xvii. p. 307, pi. xii. fig. 2 (1902). 



a-d. <$ ? adult. Snares, 2nd January, 1901. 



The Snares Fern-bird has the iris hazel and the bill and 



legs brown. It is a common species on the islands (F. W. 



Hutton). 



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