BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. ll 
Certuiparus. Lafr. 
Bitz, moderate; nostrils lunate ; fifth quill the longest; tail, long, 
rounded, slightly worn ; tarsi, longer than middle toe. 
New Zealand only. 
27. CERTHIPARUS NOV ZHEALANDILZ Gml. C.M. 
Brown Creeper. Brown Linnet. Toitoi. 
C. Maculicaudus. GRAY. 
Heap, back, and tail reddish brown ; sides of the head, and nape, dark 
grey ; under surface, fawn ; lateral feathers of the tail with a broad 
brown spot. 
OS SN oo BO elon CO ede sO, 
Lgg.—Ovoid, white, with grey and brown spots, which form a ring 
round the larger end ; length. ‘7 ; breadth, °6. 
Both Islands. 
PeTrRoica. Swains. 
Bi11, rather short, broad at the base, and notched near the tip; first 
quill short, fifth the longest ; tarsi, as long as, or longer than, the middle 
toe ; bill surrounded with bristles. 
Australia, Samoa Islands. 
28. PETROICA MACROCHPHALA. Gml. C.M, 
Yellow-breasted Tit. 
Heap, neck, and back jet black, with a white spot over the bill ; below, 
yellow, very bright on the breast, and getting gradually paler as it 
approaches the vent ; wings, brownish black, some of the primaries with 
a spot, and the secondaries with a band, of white ; tail, blackish brown, 
the three outer feathers with a band of white. 
Lemale.—Above, brown, with a small white spot over the bill ; throat, 
brownish white ; abdomen, yellow ; wings and tail like the male, but the 
white on the wings tinged with yellow. 
The young birds of each sex are colored like the adults, but the tints 
are not so pure, and paler. 
Male. Li iO' Wiss8s NS anew ays Meant 2 
Pemale.—L., 4°75 ; W., 2°85; B., 55; T., °85. 
Ligg.—White, with spots of purplish grey, often forming a ring near the 
larger end ; length, ‘75; breadth, °6. 
South Island, Chatham Islands ? 
