8 BIRDS OF NEW REALAND. 
flanks and vent tinted with yellow, some of the wing coverts brownish 
black ;a few white feathers under the eye, and a white line above it 
extending towards the back of the head. 
In the female the upper part of the back is brown. 
iio Wie 3) By 6b; T:, °9.; Hind claw, oa; 
South Island. 
AcantuisiTta. Lafr. 
Bit, long, slender, inclining slightly upwards ; third, fourth and fifth 
quills nearly equal and longest, second rather longer than seventh ; 
slender ; tail, short. 
tarsi long, 
New Zealand only. 
18. ACANTHISITTA CHLORIS. Sparrm. C.M. 
Creeper. Titipounamu. 
ABOVE, green, tinged with brown on the forehead ; wing feathers, dark 
brown edged with green, yellowish at base ; white line over the eye ; 
below, white, tinged with yellow on the flanks ; tail, black, with a 
yellowish white tip. | 
Female.—Brownish white, streaked with dark brown above, and white 
below. 
Heese eto os. s..cO 3 Ts, asf. 
Egg.—Ovoid, white ; length, 6 ; breadth, °5. 
Both Islands. 
OrTHONYX. Temm. 
Brix, short and strong for this family ; fifth and sixth quills equal and 
os, much worn at the 
longest, second much shorter than seventh ; tail, long, 
end; tarsi longer than the middle toe. 
Australia. 
19. ORTHONYX OCHROCEPHALA. Gml. C.M. 
Canary. Yellow-head. Popokatea. 
Heap, breast, and abdomen, yellow; back, yellowish brown ; tail, 
yellowish olivaceous ; wing feathers, brown, mostly edged with yellowish 
brown. 
GE WAV a ey doe Ok be. |, 
Ligg.—White, with small faint specks of red ; length, ‘9 ; breadth, °7. 
South Island only. 
