Okdeb PASSEliES.] 
[Fam. HELIPHAGLDiE. 
ANTIOENIS MELANUEA. 
(BELL-BIKD.) 
Mocking-Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 735 (1782). 
Certhia melanura, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, pi. v. (1786). 
Certliia sannio, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 471 (1788). 
Pliiledon dumerilii, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. i. p. 644, t. 21. fig. 2 (1826). 
Anthomiza cceru leocepha la , Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 327 (1837). 
Pliiledon sannio, Less. Compl. Buff. xi. p. 165 (1838). 
Antliornis melanura , Gray, List of Gen. of B. p. ]5 (1840). 
Certliia olivacea, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 79 (1844). 
Antliornis rnjiccps , Yon Pelz. Verh. 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 Ngatiawa call this bird Kearea ; and 
the natives of the Bay of Plenty distinguish the male and female as Kokorohimako and 
Titapn. 
8 supra fiavicanti-olivaceus, uropygio vix lsetiore : pileo unclique metallice violaceo nitente : loris et mento ipso 
nigricantibus : tectricibus alarum nigricantibus dorsi colore lavatis : remigibus nigricantibus vix sub certa 
luce indigotico nitcntibus, extiis anguste olivaceo limbatis, scapis supra nigricantibus, subtus brunnescen- 
tibus : caudcl nigra, subtus pallidiore, rectricibus extiis sordide indigotico lavatis : subths flavicanti-olivaceus, 
hypocbondriis imis paullb lictioribus : crisso et subcaudalibus flavicanti-albis, olivaceo-brunneo variis : sub- 
alaribus cinerascentibus, olivaceo lavatis : fasciis axillaribus flavidis : rostro nigro : pedibus plumbeis, 
unguibus brunneis : iride rubra. 
$ mari similis, sed magis olivaceo-brunnescens, et ubique sordidior : pileo dorso concolore, metallic^ viridi obscure 
nitente : alis et cauda brunnesccntibus, secundariis fulvo terminatis et rectricibus olivaceo-viridi limbatis : 
fascia mystacali parva albida : subtus brunnescens, pectore pallide ferrugineo lavato, abdomine magis olivas- 
cente : subalaribus et fasciis axillaribus sordide flavidis. 
d juv. similis mari adulto, sed pallidior : fascia mystacali indistincta. 
Adult male. The whole of the plumage olive-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. Irirles cherry-red ; bill black ; tarsi and toes dark leaden grey ; the claws brown. Total 
length 7‘75 inches ; wing, from flexure, 3'4 ; tail, to the extremity of lateral feathers, 3 - 6; bill, along the 
ridge ‘6, along the edge of lower mandible ‘75 ; tarsus 1 ; middle toe and claw '6 ; hind toe and claw '75. 
Adult female. Smaller than the male, with little or no purple gloss on the head, and readily distinguished by a 
