Order PASSERES.] [Fam. MELIPHAGID^. 



ANTHOKNIS MELANI7EA. 



(BELL-BIRD.) 



Ifocking-Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 735 (1782). 



Certhia melanura, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, pi. v. (1786). 



Certhia sannio, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 471 (1788). 



Philedon dumerilii, Less. Yoy. Coq! Zool. i. p. 644, t. 21. fig. 2 (1826). 



Anthomiza cceruleocephala, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 327 (1837). 



Philedon sannio, Less. Com pi. Buff. xi. p. 165 (1838). 



Anthornis melanura, Gray, List of Gen. of B. p. 15 (1840). 



Certhia olivacea, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 79 (1844). 



Anthornis ruficeps, Yon Pelz. Yerh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1867, p. 316. 



Native names. 



Mako, Makomako, Komako, Kokomako, Korimako, Kohimako, Kokorimako, Kohorimako, 

 Titimako, and Kopara. Of the above names, Korimako is most generally used by the 

 northern and Makomako by the southern tribes. The Ngatiawas call this bird Rearea ; 

 and the natives of the Bay of Plenty distinguish the male and female as Kokorohimako 

 and Titapu. 



6 supra fiavicanti-oliraceus, uropygio vix laetiore : pileo undique metallice violaceo nitente : loris et mento 

 ipso nigricantibus : tectricibus alarum uigricantibus dorsi colore lavatis : remigibus nigricantibus vix 

 sub certa luce indigotico nitentibus, extus anguste olivaceo limbatis, scapis supra nigricantibus, subtiis 

 brunnescentibus : Cauda nigra, subtiis pallidiore, rectricibus extus sordide indigotico lavatis : subtiis flavi- 

 canti-olivaceus, hypochondriis imis paullo lsetioribus : crisso et subcaudalibus flavicanti-albis, olivaceo- 

 brunneo variis : subalaribus cinerascentibus, olivaceo lavatis : fasciis axillaribus flavidis : rostro nigro : 

 pedibus plumbeis, unguibus brunneis : iride rubra. 



? mari simibs, sed magis olivaceo-brunnescens, et ubique sordidior : pileo dorso concolori, metallice viridi 

 obscure nitente : alis et cauda, brunnescentibus, secundariis fulvo terminatis et rectricibus olivaceo-viridi 

 limbatis : fascia mystacali parva albida : subtiis brunnescens, pectore pallide ferragineo lavato, abdomine 

 magis olivascente : subalaribus et fasciis axillaribus sordide flavidis. 



d juv, similis mari adulto, sed pallidior : fascia mystacali indistincta. 



Adult male. The whole of the plumage obve-green, changing to yellowish-olive on the sides of the body 

 and abdomen ; beneath plumbeous ; forehead, crown, and sides of the head glossed with deep purple . 

 primary quills and tail-feathers dusky black, darker and having a steel gloss on the outer webs ; the 

 secondary quills narrowly margined outwardly with olive-green, which colour spreads on the inner ones 

 till it nearly covers the entire web ; inner lining of wings, as well as the soft ventral feathers and under 

 tail-coverts, pale fulvous yellow. Irides cherry-red ; bill black ; tarsi and toes dark leaden grey ; the 



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