NEW ZEALAND TITMOUSE. 47 



Ash-coloured Titmouse, beneatli whitish, with the breast, abdo- 

 men, and vent ferruginous ; beak, feet, wings, and tail, black- 

 brown. 



Parus indicus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1015. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 

 572. 29. 



Indian Titmouse. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 256. 4. 



SIZE of P. major: beak brown: forehead dusky: 

 prevailing colour of the upper parts of the body 

 ash-colour: wing-coverts dusky, with ash-coloured 

 margins : quills dusky : chin and throat dirty 

 white : breast, belly, and vent, ferruginous : tail 

 dusky and slightly forked : legs brown. Inhabits 

 India. 



NEW ZEALAND TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus novae Zealandiae.) 



PA. cincreo-ruber subtus ritfo griseus, superciliis albis, rectricibus 

 duabus intermediis nigris, lateralilus media macula quadrata 

 alba. 



Reddish ash-coloured Titmouse, beneath reddish-orrey, with 

 the supercilia white, the two middle tail-feathers black, and 

 the lateral ones with a square white spot in the middle. 



Parus novae Zealandiae. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1013. Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 2. 571. 27. 



New Zealand Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 558. 26. 



CALLED Toe-Toe in New Zealand, where it is 

 found : it is five inches in length : beak brown, 

 with a dusky tip: forehead rufous: supercilia 

 white: cheeks and sides of the head ash-colour: 



