Spread of wing:, 

 from 



Bill. 



tip to tip. 





17 -5 inches 



2*19 inches 



19-5 „ 



2-19 „ 



20-5 „ 



3-69 „ 



144" ' Traoisactidns. — Zoology. 



Three specimens, killed September 9th : — 



Total length. 



E"o. 1 Male ... 18 inches 



No. 2 „ ... 20 „ 



Female 19-75 „ 



No. 18. ACANTHISITTA CHLORIS, BpaTTm. 



Creeper. 

 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 tiirn of the scale in favour of the female. 



No. 19. — Orthonyx ochrocephala. 

 Yellow-head. 

 Average weight of specimens, \\ ounce. 



No. B. 19.* — Certhiparus albicilla, Less. 

 Orthonyx albicillus, Gml. 

 White-head. 



The writer procured several specimens of this creeper at Pakuratahi, at 

 the foot of the Eimutaka range, Wellington. Closer observation induces the 

 belief that this species may be separated from 0. ochrocephala^ in order to 

 place it near to Certhiparus novm-zealandice. 



Irides grej, 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 shai-ed 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-caUed 



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. Jlaviventris. 



No. 29. — Petroica macrocephala, Gml. 

 Yellow-breasted Tit. 

 The Yellow-breasted Tit often shows a seeming want of care in choosing 



" * No. 27 in Vol. II. 



