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Urodynamis taitensis (Sparrman). Long-tailed Cuckoo. 



Cuculus taitensis Sparrman^ Museum Carlson, fasc. ii. 1787, 

 no. xxxii. : Tahiti. 



Synonyms : — 



Cuculus tahitius Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1788, p. 412 : Tahiti. 

 Cuculus 2ierlatus TieiUot, Nouv, Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vol. viii. 1817, 



p. 232 : Tahiti. 

 Cuculus fasciatits Forster, Descr. Aiiim. ed. Licht. 1841:, p. 160 : 



Tahiti. 

 Eudynamys cuneicauda Peale, United States Expl. Exped., Zool. 



1848, p. 139 : Fiji Islands (Ovalau). 

 Urodynamis taitensis Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 98. 



Range : — New Zealand (breeding). Summer visitor to 

 both islands ; extralimital. 



Order PASSERIFORMES. 



Family ACANTHISITTID^. 



Genus ACANTHISITTA. 



Acanthisitta Lafresnaye, Mag. Zool. 1842, pi. 27. 

 Type (by raouotypy) : A. chloris (Sparrman). 



Acanthisitta chloris chloris (Sparrman). South Island 

 Rifleman. 

 Sitta chloris Sparrman, Museum Carlson, fasc. ii. 1787, 

 no. xxxiii : Cape of Good Hope in error. We designate 

 Dusky Sound, South Island. 



Synonyms : — 



Motacilla citrina Gmelin, Sj'st. Nat. 1789, p. 979: Dusky Sound, 



South Island. 

 Sittn punctata Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. de I'AstroL, Zool. vol. i. 



1830, pi. 18, fig. 1, p. 221 : Tasman Bay, South Island. 

 Acanthiza tenuirostris Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1841, p. 242 : 



South Island. 

 Motacilla citrinella Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Licht. 1844, p. 89 : 



Dusky Sound, South Island. 

 Acanthidositta chloris Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 102. 

 Acanthidositta citrina id. ib. p. 103. 



Range : — South Island (breeding) . 



