144 Transactions.— Zoology. 
Three specimens, killed September 9th :— 
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Total length. Pill. 
tip » r^ 
No. Н Male со 18 inches 17:5 inches 9-19 inches 
No. »" SEA 5 190 , 219 Ас, 
sae hi e 19:75;, 40:0 y 29:00. ;; 
No. 18.—AcANTHISITTA CHLORIS, Sparrm. 
Creeper. S 
On a station near the Harper River, in this Province, a pair of these small 
birds made their nest in the skull of a horse. Average weight of these birds 
is about a quarter of an ounce, the turn of the scale in favour of the female. 
No. 19.—OnTHONYX OCHROCEPHALA. 
ellow-head. 
Average weight of specimens, 14 ounce. 
No. B. 19.*— CERTHIPARUS ALBICILLA, Less. 
ORTHONYX ALBICILLUS, (ml. 
White-head. 
The writer procured several specimens of this creeper at Pakuratahi, at 
the foot of the Rimutaka range, Wellington. Closer observation induces the 
belief that this species may be separated from O. ochrocephala, in order to 
place it near to Certhiparus nove-zealandie. 
Irides grey, darkest in the female ; ovary not in a forward state ; circum- 
ference of thigh after skinning, three inches ; muscles supporting the back of 
the head and neck very prominent. In one of the male specimens at least half 
the under tail-coverts was tipped with white. 
Eye-witnesses informed Mr. Enys that the male tears the surface of rotten 
logs; the female extracts the insects, which are shared between them. At 
any rate the male gets his share of his mate's labours. 
In life the wattle looks concave. Mr. Enys was reminded of the crow 
(Glaucopis) in some of their movements ; sometimes four to six were found 
in company. 
One of the males killed on September 9th had not moulted ; the tail was 
dirty and scrubbed, giving it a rusty look, which may account for the so-called 
Red-tailed Huia. 
No. 23.—GERYGONE. 
Dr. Buller’s idea that the Gerygone sylvestris is G. frontata is not con- 
curred in by the writer. The new bird bears much more resemblance to 
G. flaviventris. 
No. 29.—PETROICA MACROCEPHALA, Gmi. 
Yellow-breasted Tit. 
The Yellow-breasted Tit often shows a seeming want of care in choosing 
* No. 27 in Vol. II. 
