Order PASSE ItES.] 
[East. PARID2E. 
CEETHIPAEU S NOViE ZEALANDIJL 
(NEW-ZEALAND CREEPER.) 
New-Zealand Titmouse, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 558 (1783). 
Parus novae seelandice , Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1013 (1788, ex Lath.). 
Parus novae zealandice. Lath. Inch Ora. ii. p. 571 (1790). 
Parus zelandicus, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. cle l’Astrol. i. p. 210, pi. xi. fig. 3 * (1830). 
CertMparus novae zelandice, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 69. 
CertMparus novae seelandioe. Gray, in DiefF. Trav. ii., App. p. 189 (1843). 
CertMparus maculicaudus, Gray, op. cit. ii. p. 189 (1843). 
Parus urostigma, Forst. Deser. Anim. p. 90 (1844). 
CertMparus novae zealandice, Finsch, J. f. O. 1870, p. 254. 
Native names. — Pipipi and Toitoi. 
<3 supra chocolatino-brunneus, pileo paullulum obscuriore : facie laterali nuchAque cinerascentibus : tectricibus 
alarum dorso concoloribus : remigibus brmmeis, primariis extus anguste fulvescente limbatis, secundariis 
latius dorsi colore lavatis : cauda rufescenti-chocolatiufl, rectricibus (duabus mediis exceptis) fascia nigra 
transnotatis : subtus rufescenti-albus, corporis lateribus et tectricibus subcaudalibus chocolatino lavatis : 
rostro et pcdibus pallide brunneis, unguibus fulvescenti-brunneis : iride saturate brunnea. 
$ mari omnino similis. 
Juv. vix ab adultis distinguendus, sed magis vinaceo tinctus. 
Adult. Pore part of bead, crown, back, rump, and upper surface of wings bright cinereous brown, inclining to 
lufous, quills light brown, the outer webs tinged towards their base with rufous; tail-feathers pale rufous, 
and, with the exception of the two middle ones, crossed on their inner web, about half au inch from the 
tip, with a broad band of black; sides of head and nape cinereous grey; throat, breast, and abdomen rufous- 
white. hides grey; bill, tarsi, and toes pale brown ; claws lighter brown. Total length 5'25 inches; extent 
of wings G / 5; wing, from flexure, 2'5 ; tail 2 6 ; tarsus '75 ; bill, along the ridge '5, along the edge of lower 
mandible '6 ; middle toe and claw *6; hind toe and claw ■(!. 
Young. Plumage as in the adult, but suffused with vinous brown. 
Obs. The sexes are alike, both as to size and colouring 
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Remarks. I carefully examined, with the late Mr. G. R. Gray, the examples in the British Museum on which 
he had founded his distinction between Certhiparus novce zealandice and C. maculicaudus . The individual 
differences were trivial, and I felt perfectly satisfied that the new species could not be maintained — a con- 
clusion in which Mr. Gray concurred. 
* In the ‘ \ oyage de 1’ Astrolabe ’ there is a figure intended to represent this bird, under the title of“Me'sange de laAouvelle 
Zelande ; but without the descriptive text it would be quite impossible to identify the species, the drawing being very 
defective and the colouring incorrect. 
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