BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
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abdomen, white ; flanks, rufous. The female is rather smaller than the 
male, and, in the young, the chin is light grey, and the white circle round 
the eye is absent. 
ror Wis. 2 ota B.scor; lena 6: 
Both Islands, Chatham Islands, Australia, Tasmania, 
CERTHIADA. CREEPERS. 
Bill, slender, tip entire ; nostrils, small, partly covered by a membranous 
scale ; hind toe, long. 
XENICUS. Gray. 
Bitz, moderate ; third, fourth, and fifth quills nearly equal, and longest ; 
second, rather shorter than seventh ; legs and feet, moderate, or strong ; 
tail, very short. 
New Zealand only. 
15. XENICUS STOKHESII. Gray. C.M. 
Green Wren. Stripe-faced Wren. Rifleman. 
ABOVE, green; top of the head purplish brown ; chin, white ; breast, 
grey ; flanks and vent, greenish yellow ; a broad white streak from each 
nostril over each eye to the back of the head ; some of the wing coverts 
brownish black. 
Female.—Head and upper back, brown ; lower back, olive green ; below, 
grey ; flanks and vent, greenish yellow ; stripe over eye, as in male. 
eg, As WE 23 BiG eile cle) hamedxelawan 
South Island. 
16. XENICUS LONGIPES. Gml. CY.M. 
Rock Wren. 
ABOVE, green with a brown forehead ; throat, white; abdomen, grey ; 
flanks, yellow ; some of the wing coverts brownish black, a white spot 
beneath, and a white lime over the eye, extending towards the back of 
the head where it becomes yellow. 
145 W. 2 By -62:'. 0 9°) Bind claw, *46: 
South Island. 
17. XENICUS GILVIVENTRIS. Pelz. C.M. 
Rock Wren. 
A. Haasti, BULLER. 
ABOVE, olive green, with the head and neck brownish ; below, fawn color ; 
