Order PASSEEES.] 



[Tam. MELIPHAGID^. 



POGONOENIS CINCTA. 



(STITCH-BIRD.) 



Melvphaga cincta^ Dubus, Bull. Acad. Sc. Brux. vi. pt. 1, p. 295 (1839) 

 Ptilotis auritus^ Lafr. Eev. Zool. 1839, p. 257. 

 Ptilotis cincta^ Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terror, Birds, p. 4 (1844), 

 Pogonornis cincta. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 123 (1846). 



Native names. 



Ihi, Hihi, Tihe, Kotihe, and Kotihewera ; male and female sometimes distinguished as Hihi- 

 paka and Hihi-matakiore or Tihe-kiore. 



6 suprk nigerrimus : fasciis duabus conspicuis postocularibus albis : dorso imo et uropygio cinerascenti- 



brunneis, vix olivaceo tinctis : dorsi plumis quibusdam lateralibus .laete aurantiaco terminatis : rectrici- 

 bus alarum minimis Isete aurantiacis^ plagam magnam formantibus, majoribus nigris^ extus aurantiaco 

 marginatis : alee spuriae plumis ad basin albis speculum exbibentibus : remigibus nigris^ primariis versus 

 apicem albido^ secundariis aurantiaco marginatis : tectricibus alarum majoribus intimis et secundariis 

 dorsalibus pure albis^ plagam distinctam formantibus^ dorso proximis medialiter nigris : gutturc toto et 

 collo laterali nigerrimis : torque pectorali angusta aurantiaca : corpore reliquo subtus cinerascente, 

 hypochondriis et subcaudalibus saturatioribus, illis brunneo striatis : subalaribus cinerascentibus, mar- 

 gine alarum aurantiaco : rostro brunnescenti-nigro : pedibus brunneis : setis rictalibus nigris : iride 

 nigra, 



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? mari omnino dissimilis : supra brunnea olivaceo lavata, pileo obscuriore : macula parva postoculari alb4 : 



tectricibus alarum olivaceo-fulvo lavatis^ minimis aurantiaco nitentibus, majoribus intimis et secundariis 

 dorsalibus albis^ brunneo medialiter lineatis et marginatis^ plagam magnam albam formantibus : remigi- 

 bus et rectricibus cinerascenti-brunneis, extus late fulvescente lavatis, primariis ad basin pogonii interni 

 albis : subtus obscure brunnea^ pectore et abdomine fulvescentibus^ obscure brunneo striatis. 



Adult male, Head^ neck_, and upper part of the back velvety black ; on each side of the head there is a 

 tuft of snow-white feathers which the bird has the power of erecting. A band of rich canary-yellow 

 encircles the breast, contrasting finely with the dark plumage immediately above it; narrow in the 

 centre, it widens on both sides and expands on the wings, covering the small coverts and the margins of 

 the scapularies, and becomes very conspicuous when the wings are spread, Underparts light greyish 

 brown, inclining to olivaceous brown on the sides of the body. Primaries and tail-feathers black, mar- 

 gined outwardly with olivaceous brown; the secondaries in their basal portion and their coverts Avhite; 

 the upper tail-coverts olivaceous brown. Irides and rictal bristles black ; bill brownish black ; tarsi 

 and toes pale brown. Total length 8 inches; extent of wings 13'5 ; wing, from flexure, 4; tail 3; 

 bill, along the ridge "60, along the edge of the lower mandible 75 ; tarsus 1 ; middle toe and claw 1 ; 

 hind toe and claw '75. 



Female. Obscure olivaceous brown, darker on the upper parts, and changing to pale brown on the al:)doracn 



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