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partly concealed by the projecting plumes. Wings reaching to half the length of 
the tail, with the first quill very short, the second shorter than the third, which is 
rather shorter than the fourth and fifth, these are equal and longest. Tail mo- 
derate and emarginated or rounded on the sides. Tarsi slender as long as, or 
longer than, the middle toe, and covered in front with a long scale. Toes mo- 
derate, the outer longer than the inner and united at its base; the hind toe long, 
rather strong; the claws short, curved and acute. — 16 Specc. 
albifrons Gray, Voy. Erebus Terror Birds 7. Tb. 6. Fig. 2. [Nova Zealandia. 
Turdus albifrons Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 822. 
Turdus ochrotarsus Forster, Descr. anim. 82; Icon. ined. 148. 
Muscicapa saxicolina Lichtenstein, Mus. berol. 
Miro albifrons Gray, Dieffb. New Zeal. II. 109. 
Muscicapa albifrons Ellman, Zoologist 1861. 7465. 
Myioscopus albifrons Finsch, Transact. New Zeal. Inst. 1872. V. 206; Journ. 
Ornith. 1872. XX. 161. 
Turdus australis Sparrman, Mus. Carlson. Tb. 69. — Spec, dubia. 
Muscicapa longipes Garnot, Voy. Coquille Ois. I. 594. Tb. 19. Fig. 1. 
Myiothera longipes Lesson. 
Myiothera novae Zealandiae Lesson, Voy. Coquille. 
Miro longipes Lesson, Traité Ornith. 389. 
Saxicola longipes Temminck. 
Petroica australis Gray, Voy. Erebus Terror 7. 
Aplonis australis Gray, Dieffb. New Zeal. II. 192. 
Miro australis Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 199. 
Miro miro. — Toto ara. 
australis Gray, Voy. Erebus Terror Birds 7. = Petroeca albifrons Gray. 
bicolor Swainson, Zool. Illustr. II. Tb. 43. = Petroeca cucullata Gray. 
boobany Lesson. = Petroica erythrogastra Gould. 
cerviniveiitris Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857. 121. [Australia sept. 
Poecilodryas cerviniventris Gould, Birds Australia Suppl. 
coccinea Peale, Unit. St. Expl. Exped. VIII. 92. = Petroeca phoenicea Gould. 
cocciiiogastra Gray, Genera Birds 1. 182. [Australia. 
Muscicapa coccinogaster Latham, gener. Synops. Suppl. II. Tb. 134. 
cacullata Gray, Genera Birds I. 182. 
Muscicapa cucullata Latham, Lamb. Icon. ined. III. 14. 
Petroica bicolor Swainson, Zool. Illustr. II. Tb. 43. — Gould, Birds Australia 
m. Tb. 7. 
Melandryas cucullata Gray, Handl. Birds I. 229. 
Jil but. — Gu ba mog in. — Black Robin. 
Dieffenbachi Gray, Voy. Erebus Terror Birds Tb. 6. Fig. 1. [Ins. Chatam. 
Miro Dieffenbachi Gray, Dieffb. New Zeal. IL 191. 
erythrogastra Gould, Birds Australia III. Tb. 4. [Australia. Ins. Norfolk. 
Muscicapa erythro gaster Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 479. 
Saxicola rhodinogastra Drapiez, Ann. gener. sc. phys. Bruxelles. 
Muscicapa multicolor Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 944. — Vigors et Horsfield, 
Transact. Linn. Soc. 1826. XV. 243. 
Muscicapa Lathami Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1. 410. Tb. 13. 
Petroica rhodinogastra Jardine, Illustr. Ornith. Add. II. 
Petroica multicolor Swainson, Zool. Illustr. new ser. Tb. 36. — Gould, Birds 
Australia IIL Tb. 3. 
Petroica boobany Lesson. 
Petroica modesta Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. V. 147. $ 
Petroica pulchella Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839. VII. 142. $ 
Erythrodryas rhodinogaster Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842. X. 112; Birds 
Australia III. Tb. 1. 
Erythrodryas erythrogastra Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 11. 
Guba. — Bobin. 
