from New Zealand and adjacent Islands. 593 



100. A.CANTHIDOSITTA CHLORIS (SpiH'mi.) . 



Sitta chloris Sparrtn. Mas. Carls, no. 33, pi. 33 (1787). 



Acanthisitta chloris Finsch, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vii. 

 p. 227 (1875). 



Acanthidositta chloris Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. 

 p. 451 (1888) [part.]; Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xv. no. cxvi. 

 p. 82 (1905). 



a, b. £ adult. Avondale Station, Marlborough, South I., 

 New Zealand (C. G. Teschemaker) . llanfurly Coll. 



c-e. $ adult et <$ pullus (in spirits). Avondale Station, 

 Marlborough, South I., New Zealand (C. G. Teschemaker) . 

 Kani'urly Coll.* 



The adult mule, contrary to what has been generally 

 believed, has the forehead and fore part of the crown reddish- 

 olive-brown, shading into olive-green on the hinder part of 

 the crown and upper parts. The wing in six specimens 

 measures 1 -85-1 "9 inch ; tarsus 0'75. 



In the adult female the crown is olive-green like the rest 

 of the upper parts, only the feathers at thi5 base of the bill 

 inclining to olive-brown. The wing measures 1*9 inch ; 

 tarsus 073. 



Young birds have the upper parts olive-green like the 

 adult, only the feathers of the crown and nape being pale 

 brown with marginal streaks of blackish, and the chin, throat, 

 and breast more faintly spotted with brown than in the 

 young of A. citrina. I have examined four specimens in 

 this stage of plumage, two being young males preserved in 

 spirits, sent with their male parent from Marlborough. 



101. Acanthidositta citrina. (Gmel.). 



Citrine Warbler Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. ii. p. 464 (1783) 

 [Dusky Bay, N.Z.]. 



Motacilla citrina Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 979 (1788, ex 

 Lath.). 



Acanthisitta citrina Finsch, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vii. 

 p. 228 (1875). 



* All the specimens in spirits are said to have been collected by 

 Mr. C. G. Teschemaker at Avondale Station; but possibly some mistake 

 has been made. 



