208 Transactions.— Zoology. 
Anthus grayi, Bp. (Hutton, “Cat. Birds N.Z.,” p. 13), 
This is based on Forsters “Alauda, No. 96 ” (Deser. anim., p. 91), 
and has no right to stand as a species. Most probably Forster described 
only a darker coloured specimen of A. nove-zealandic. 
Petroica macrocephala, Gml., and P. toitoi, Less. 
These are Muscicapine birds, and form the well-marked genus Myiomoira, 
Reich. P. diefenbachii cannot be separated from P. macrocephala. 
examined specimens from both Islands. 
Rhipidura fuliginosa, Sparrm.,= Rh, tristis, Hombr. and Jacq. 
All the specimens I have seen showed not the slightest sign of a white 
spot above the eye. So I hesitate to unite Rh. melanura, Gray, as Capt. 
Hutton has done, although I am not convinced of the validity of the latter. 
Keropia tanagra, Schleg. 
There can be not the slightest doubt about the identity of K. hor, Bull. 
with this species, as Prof. Schlegel kindly compared one of Dr. Buller’s types 
with his type in the Leyden Museum. 
Glaucopis wilsoni, Bp. 
Gl. olivascens will prove to be this species, as noticed by Capt. Hutton, 
but it must be based upon an extremely large female, as the measurements 
given by Von Pelzeln are much larger than any yet recorded. 
Aplonis obscurus, Du Bus. 
This can not be admitted as a New Zealand bird ; there is no evidence 
of its occurrence in New Zealand. 
Creadion carunculatus, Gul. 
It is somewhat satisfactory that the examination of the types by Capt. 
Hutton has shown Cr. cinereus, Bull. to be undoubtedly the young of the 
above-named species, as I suggested long since (“ Journ. f. Orn,” 1867, 
p. 343). 
Prof, Giebel, in his new “Thesaurus Ornithologie,” puts this characteristic 
form as a synonym of Anthochera inauris, Gould! I think ornithologists 
will not be very satisfied with this arrangement. 
Ardea egretta, Gml.—A. alba, Finsch, “ Journ. f. Orn.,” 187 0, p. 345. 
I received specimens from both Islands, which are inseparable from 
A. egretta, the American form of our A. alba, which differs from the latter 
only in having the legs and feet black. The New Zealand specimens are indis- 
tinguishable from Mexican and Chilian specimens in the Bremen collection. 
Ardea sacra, Gul. 
A specimen from New Zealand PER with others from Australia, the 
Pelew and other Pacific Islands. 
