420 CLASS AVES. 



Cardinalis, both of which Cuvier calls Nectarinia, and 

 the former Vieillot refers to Petrodroma. 



The following species referred to by Cuvier have been 

 removed by other authors. 



Certhia Nova HollandicB, Lath. Vieil. O. 

 D. t. 57 and 71. Melitreptus, Vieil. White's Voy. 

 t. 16. 65. 



Black, beneath white streaked ; eyebrows and ears 

 white ; tail and quill yellow-edged. New Holland. 



Certhia Melanops, Lath. Certhia Mellivora, Vieil. 

 Melitreptus, Vieil. 



Brown, beneath white ; band across eye, and descend- 

 ing to each side of chest, black. New South Wales. 



Merops Spiza, Merrem. Certhia Spiza. 

 Lin. PI. Enl. t. 578. 

 Green, beneath blue ; head and throat black. 



C. Ccerulescens, Lath. C. Carulea, Cuv. 

 Vieil. O. Dor. t. 3. Melitreptus, Vieil. 



Brown, beneath flesh-coloured ; throat and crop gray- 

 blue ; quill and tail blue-black. New Holland. 



C. Cuculata, Shaw, Vieil. O. Dor. t. 60. C. 

 Seniculus, Shaw, Vieil. t. 50 ? Melitreptus, Vieil. 



Head black ; throat yellow ; back and wing-coverts 

 bluish-ash ; quill and tail black. New Holland. 



C. Xanthotis, Shaw, Vieil. O. Dor. t. 84. 



Gray-brown above; white underneath; yellow spot 

 behind the ear, black speck between it and the eyes; 



