228 t Transactions. — Zoology. 



which apparently belong to a second species, hitherto overlooked, which will 

 turn out to be Acanthisitta citrina, Gml. 



The colours are nearly the same as in the specimen described by me in the 

 Jour, fur Orn. 1870, p. 252, but the feathers on the whole of the upper 



nis 



legs, and hind toe are considerably longer, as wl 

 measurements, given in decimal parts of an inch : 



Al. Caud. ^V Tars. Di §; D H* 



front. med. post. 



A. citrina ... 2 15 '87— '98 *43 *S2 -55 *4 



A. chloris( 12 spec.) 167— 1*8 '7 —'87 '35— *43 '66— 75 -4— *55 -27— 31 



I recommend my ornithological friends in New Zealand to keep watch for 

 this stouter form in order to ascertain if it is a true species. 



No. 21, p. 109. Xenicus longipes, Gml. 



The figure in the Voyage of the Erebus and Terror (t.3, f.l), copied from 

 an original drawing of Forster, is totally incorrect and cannot be taken in 

 comparison. I have, therefore, no doubt but that Dr. Buller is quite right in 



unitin 



Xenicus 



Through the kindness of Dr. Hector I received the type of X. haasti, 

 Buller, wliich is undoubtedly synonymous with the above-named species. 



No. 24, p. 110. Instead of Orthonyx write Clitonyx ochroceplialus, Gml. 



On the systematical position of this bird see my extensive paper " Ueber 

 die systematische Stellung der Neuseelandischen Gattungen Clitonyx Keichb. 

 und Phyllodytes, Finsch "— (Jour. f. Orn. 1873, p. 393). 



P. 110. Before No. 25 place Fam. Paridce, and instead of Orthonyx write 

 Phyllodytes albicilla, Less, j Finsch, Jour. f. Orn. 1873, p. 398. 



Having had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with this species through 

 the kindness of Captain Hutton, I was at once convinced that it is by no 

 means the northern representative of the foregoing species, as Dr. Buller says, 

 but that they belong to totally different families. 



No. 26, p. 110. Certhiparus must become Phyllodytes novce-zealandice, 

 Gml. ; Finsch, Jour. £ Orn. 1875, p. 397. 



No. 27, p. 111. Sphenceacus punctatus, Quoy. 

 I have examined specimens from the Bakaia, received throi 

 assistance of Dr. Haast. 



No. 29, p. 112. Sphenceacu8 rufescens, Bull. 



This is not the same as Sph. fidvus, Gray, as suggested by i 



very good species. I received specimens from the Chatham Isl; 

 Dr. Hector. 



