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THE ANIMALS OF NEW ZEALAND 



The Saddle-back.— TiEKE. 



C read ion carun c ulatus. 

 Black, with the back and wing coverts deep chestnut. 



generally orange, but variable between red and yellow. 



Wattle 

 Eye dark 



Saddle-back : old and vomif 



brown. The sexes are alike, but the young is brown, with the lower part 

 of the back dull chestnut. Length of the wing, 3.5 in.; of the tarsus, 

 1.6 in. Both Islands. Egg — White, spotted with brownish grey and 

 violet; length, 1.15 in. 



