BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. aby: 
43. APLONIS ZHALANDICUS. Gray. 
Outvaceous brown; under surface ashy, tinged with yellow ; quills, 
tertials, over the tail, and tail rufous, paler over the tail. e 
iD To 
Tasman’s Bay. 
I have seen no specimens. 
44. *APLONIS CALHEDONICUS. Bp. 
Aplonis obscurus. GRAY. 
BrownisH grey; head, fore part of neck, and breast, blackish, tinged 
with deep green ; wings and tail, blackish brown ; abdomen, brownish 
asi. 
67D. 
I do not know on whose authority this bird has been added to our 
list ; 16 inhabits New Caledonia and Norfolk Island. 
I have seen no specimens. 
CrEADION. JVieill. 
BiL1, straight, longer than the head; wings, short, rounded, fourth to 
sixth feathers equal, and longest. 
New Zealand only. 
45. CREADION CARUNCULATUS. Gml. C.M: 
Saddle-back. Tieke. 
C. cinereus. BuLurr, 
BLAcK, with the back and wing coverts ferruginous. 
Young.—Brown, with the lower part of the back and vent more or less 
ferruginous. 
OD: Sy Wu, oO et bro aac LG. 
Lgg.—White, spotted with brownish grey and violet ; length, 1:15 ; 
breadth, °9. 
Both Islands. 
