BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. ts 
33. ANTHUS NOVA ZHEALANDIZA. Gm. C.M. 
Ground Lark. Pihoihoi. 
ABOVE, greyish brown ; below, white, with brown spots on the breast ; 
cheeks, white, with brown spots ; a blackish brown line through the eye ; 
outside tail feathers, white. 
bee NN aorb ee (Bi afin bee le 
Kgg.—Greyish white, speckled all over with greyish brown ; length, ‘8 ; 
breadth, -7. 
Both Islands. 
34. ANTHUS GRAYI. Bp. 
ABovE, ferruginous, with longitudinal streaks of brown ; fore part of 
neck and breast, whitish brown ; abdomen, nearly white ; sides, thighs, 
and vent, ochraceous white ; a line from each nostril over each eye to the 
nape, white ; quills, deep brown, with grey margins. 
Lei. 
Queen Charlotte’s Sound (Forster. ) 
I have seen no specimens. 
TURDIDA. Turusues. 
Bill, strong, notched near the tip ; nostrils generally protected by a scale. 
Keropia, Cray. 
B11, broad, arched, gape furnished with bristles ; wings, rounded ; tail, 
long ; tarsi, strong, longer than the middle toe. 
New Zealand only. 
35. KEROPIA CRASSIROSTRIS. Gml. C.M. 
Thick-billed Thrush. 
Turnagra crassirostris. GRAY. 
ABOVE, olive brown ; below, olivaceous, streaked with white; tinged 
with ferruginous on the throat, and yellow on the abdomen; tail, and 
some of the wing coverts, ferruginous ; fifth and sixth quills equal, and 
longest. 
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South Island. 
