BIRDS. 191 



Gha toitoi of the natives of Dusky Bay. Forst. Miro 

 miro of the natives. Garnot. 



26. Miro Forsterorum. Turdus minutus. Forst., Icon. 



ined., t. 149. 



Deep-shining black, with the breast and abdomen pale yellow ; 

 deeper on the former. The base of the secondaries of some of the 

 quills, and of the outer tail-feathers, also a small spot on the fore- 

 head, white. Bill and tarsi black, with the toes pale. The female 

 is represented by Forster as brown, in the place of the black of the 

 male, otherwise the sexes are alike. Total length 5| inches ; bill 7 

 lines; wings 1 inch ; tarsi 1 inch. 



Mirro mirro of the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound. 

 Forst. Pirangirangi of the natives of Queen Char- 

 lotte's Sound. Dieffenbach. 



27. Miro Die/enbachii. 



This species is very like the preceding, but is altogether of a 

 smaller size, and the colour on the chest is darker, with the base 

 of the lower mandible pale. Found on the Chatham Islands. 



28. Miro toitoi. Muscipeta toitoi. Garn., Voy. de la 



Coq., Zool., pi. 15, f. 3. Less., Man. d'Orn., p. 188, 

 ed. Compl. Buff., viii. 383. 



Nirungiru of the natives. Polack. Ngirungiru of the 

 natives. Yate, Dieffenbach. To-i-toe of the natives. 

 Less. 



Fam. CORVIDJE. 



29. Callaeas cinerea. Lath., Ind. Orn., i. 149. G. R. 



Gray, List of Genera of Birds, p. 51. Forst., Icon, 

 ined., t. 52. Callaeus. Forst., Ench., p. 35. Glau- 

 copis cinerea. GmeL, Syst. Nat., i. 363. Swains. 

 Class, of Birds, ii. p. 267. Qucy et Gaim., Voy. de 

 1'Astrol., pi. 15. 



Kokako of the natives. New Zealand crow. Yate. 

 Dieffenbach. Kakako of the natives. Polack. 



Fam. STURNID^E. 



30. Aplonis Zelandicus. Lamprotornis Zelandicus. Quoy 



et Gaim., Zool., i. 190 ; pi. 9, f. 1. Less., Compl. 

 Buff., ix. 73. 



31. Aplonis obscitrus. Lamprotornis obscurus. Dubus 



Bull. Acad. Sc. Brux., 1839, 297. 



