BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 15 
Egg.—White, with brownish grey spots towards the larger end ; 
length ‘7 ; breadth -5. 
Both Islands. 
39. RHIPIDURA TRISTIS, Hombr et Jacq. » CEM 
Black Fantail. Tiwakawaka. 
R. melanura. Gray. 
Rh. fuliginosa. Sparro. 
Heap and neck, greyish black; back, breast, and abdomen, dark 
olivaceous brown ; quills, dark brown ; tail "black ; a white spot over 
each ear. The white spot is sometimes absent. 
fe 02 Ot WN OS cea se atl a5 o. 
Lgg.—Same as flabellifera. 
South Island, Chatham Islands. 
LANITDAL Surixes. 
Bill, rather long, straight, arched above, sides compressed at the tip, which 
ws emarginated, and generally hooked ; tail, long ; tarsi, strong ; toes, 
moderate ; hind toe broadly padded beneath. 
CoLLuricincia. Vig. et Horsf. 
BILL, strong, broad at the base; nostrils, lateral, large, and rounded, 
partly covered by projecting feathers; wings, pointed ; first feather 
short, third the longest, fourth and fifth longer than second ; tail, slightly 
emarginated, and rounded on the sides; tarsus rather longer than the 
middle toe ; outer toe longer than the inner one. 
Australia. 
40. COLLURICINCLA CONCINNA. N.S. N.M. 
Shrike Thrush. 
Licut ash grey ; abdomen and lower tail coverts, white ; a broad band 
of black from the bill through the eye ; middle tail feathers dark grey, 
lateral ones brownish black, tipped with white ; quills, brownish black, 
edged with white ; bill and legs, black. 
Tar NS bee WW Ae OB) Lomb ay chs): 
Shot at Motueka, near Nelson. 
