MELIPHAGIDiE. 



Remiges prima et secunda 



longissimae. 

 Pollex gracilis. 



265 



First and second quills 



longest. 

 Hinder toe slender. 



DreIpanis.'' Temmiuck. 



All inhabit the South Sea Islands. 



Sp. 1. Me. vestiarius. 



Certhia vestiaria. Shaw, v. viii. p. 229. pi. 33. 



Sp. 2. Me. obscurus. 



Certhia obscura. Shatv, v. viii. p. 227. 

 Sp. 3. Me. pacificus. 



Certhia pacifica. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 227- 

 Sp. 4. Me. falcatus. 



Certhia falcata. Shaxv, v. viii. p. 230. 



GENUS CCLXXIII.— CREADION, V'ieillot. 



Rostrum arcuatum, com- 

 pressum, integrum, apice 

 rectum, aut subdepressum; 

 mandibula ififdiior aut 

 capite carunculatas. 



Philedon (pars), Cuvier. 



BeaJc arcuated, compressed, 

 intire, the tip straight, a 

 little depressed : the lower 

 mandible on the head wat- 

 tled. 



Sp. 1 . Cr. Novae Zeelandiee. 



Sturnus carunculatus. S(eph. v. x. p. 498. pi. 46.— Gracula 

 carunculata. Shaw, v. vii. p. 469. — New Zealand. 

 Sp. 2. Cr. Novae Hollandiae. 



Corvus paradoxus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 378.— Merops caruncu- 

 latus. Shaw, V. viii. p. 1/3. — New Holland. 

 Sp. 3. Cr. Tabuensis. 



Certhia carunculata, Shaw, v. viii. p. 233. — Friendly Islands. 



