MELIPHAGINJE. 
. ai grated in the middle of the inner webs ; and the Tail long, broad, and rounded on the 
sides. 
Th 
bird 6 genus is found in New Zealand and the Auckland Islands. It is an imitative, restless, and pugnacious 
ari; | ’ an< ^ sings sweetly with a whistling note. Its flight is heavy and noisy, and it builds its nest in shrubs, of twigs 
111088 ; and usually deposits four eggs. 
p 
Ani m ^oXandicB (Ginel.) Strickl. — Merops cincinnata Lath. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 92. ; Sturnus crispicollis Daud. Forst. Descr. 
I • 78. et Icon. ined. 6l. 
Anthoknis.^ 
fhis 
18 differs from the three preceding genera only by the form of the Wing; which is moderate, 
til Q • 
nrst quill short and pointed; the second shorter than the third, acutely pointed in the male, 
fifth U ' r ^ nate ^ an d narrowing into a long point in the female ; the third rather shorter than the fourth, 
’ atl ^ s ixth, which are equal, longest, and rounded at the ends. 
The species of this genus are peculiar to New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. 
I. 
Gr *el. . *^ eianur a (Sparrm.) Mus. Carls, t. 5. — Certhia sannio : 2. A. melanocephala G. R. Gray, App. to DiefF. Trav. in New 
^ilerj o n ' ° llvacea Font. Descr. Anim. p. 79- et Icon. ined. 62. ; Zeal. ii. p. 188., Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, pi. 2. 
-ftb, do r , t 6 U 4 merilii Less. Voy.de la Coqu. Ois. t. 21. f. 2., Vieill. 
■ > Anthomyza cairuleocephala Swains. 
POGONOUNIS. 
g ra( j rn °derate, very slender, and much compressed on the sides, with the culmen and lateral margins 
fij^. ^ Cll rved to the tip, which is strongly emarginated ; the gonys long and curved ; and the gape 
th e C lengthened slender bristles ; the nostrils basal, large, and placed in a large groove, with 
tf l lne ar, oblique, and covered by a membranous scale. Wings moderate, with the fourth 
ftap Sv l0ngest - Tail moderate and emarginated. Tarsi long and robust, arid covered in front with 
1, V< 
e rse 
op r , Sc ales. Toes long, with the outer longer than the inner, and united at its base ; the hind toe 
b anq 
on g •' the claws long, compressed, and acute. 
This t 
tail } P e °uliar to New Zealand. Its flight is rapid; and, if surprised, it elevates its ear tufts, and spreads 
c 1 gives it a singular appearance. Its food consists of berries and the larva; of insects. 
P. 
cincta 
(Dubus) Bull. Acad. Sc. Brux. 18S.Q. p. 295. t. — Ptilotis auritus Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1840. Ois. t. 1 1. 
U H w Us genus 
1 "’ a s ill 184o a c S h ° righlaI L 1 y established by Mr. Swainson, in 1857, under the name of Anthomyza ; which name, having been previously 
nged by me to the above. 
