Order PASSERES.] 
[Eam. XENICIILE. 
ACANTHIDOSITTA* CHLORIS. 
(RIFLEMAN.) 
Citrine Warbler , Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 464 (1783). 
Sitta clitoris, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, pi. 33 (1787). 
Motacilla citrina, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 979 (1788, ex Lath.). 
Sylvia citrina , Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 529 (1790). 
Sitta punctata, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de l’Astrol. i. p. 221, pi. 18. fig. 1 (1830). 
AcantMza tenuirostris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 242. 
Acanthisitta tenuirostris, Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1842, pi. 27. 
Motacilla citrinella, Lorst. Descr. Anim. p. 89 (1844). 
Acanthisitta tenuirostris, Ellman, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7466. 
Acanthisitta punctata, Ellman, tom. cit. p. 7466. 
Native names. 
Tititipounamu, Kikimutu, Kikirimutu, Pihipihi, Piripiri, Tokepiripiri, and Moutuutu. 
c? ad. supra viridis, uropygio lsetiore, pileo hrunneo lavato : tectricibus alarum nigris, extus viridi lavatis : alfi 
spuria nigra, extus albicante : remigibus nigricanti-brunneis, extus viridi (ad basin pcnnarum ladiore) lim- 
batis, secundariis dorsalibus pogonio externo albo conspicue maculatis : cauda nigra, ad apicem albo viridi 
lavato maculate : loris, supercilio et facie laterali albidis, striga per oculum eunte fusca : subtus albus, vix 
fulvo tinctus, corporis lateribus flavo lavatis : rostro saturate brunneo : pedibus pallide brunneis : iride 
saturate brunnea. 
$ mari omnino similis, sed saturatior : pileo magis brunnescente. 
Juv. supra cinerascenti-brunneus, plumis utrinque nigro marginatis, uropygio olivascente : ala ut in adultis 
colorata, sed extus ad basin secundariorum conspicue flava : facie laterali cinerascente, nigricante varia : 
subtus albescens, hypocliondriis flavicantibus, gutture et pectore superiore maculis triquetris nigricantibus 
notatis. 
Male. Upper parts dull green, tinged with yellow on the wings and rump; throat, breast, and underparts 
generally fulvous white, with a tinge of yellow on the sides of the body and abdomen ; a streak over and 
beyond the eyes and a lower-eyelid fringe of fulvous white ; wing-feathers black, edged on their outer webs 
with green, and crossed with a band of dull yellow immediately below the coverts, which are black ; the 
first tertial white on its outer web; tail-feathers black, tipped with fuscous. Irides and bill dark brown; 
legs and feet paler brown, changing to yellow on the under surface of the toes. Total length 3 inches ; 
extent of wings 5’25 ; wing, from flexure, 1-5; tail '25; bill, along the ridge -4, along the edge of lower 
mandible '55 ; tarsus - 75 ; middle toe and claw - 6 ; hind toe and claw ’55. 
Female. Crown, hind neck, and upper part of back olivaceous yellow, each feather margined with brown ; lower 
part of back and rump olivaceous yellow, tinged with green; tail- coverts dull green; underparts buffy 
* This has hitherto keen written Acanthisitta ; hut Professor Newton has drawn my attention to the fact of its being erro- 
neous. I have therefore adopted the more classic form of Acanthidositta, the etymology of which is cwcu'OtS- (acanthid-), crude 
form of aKavdls= Carduelis, and tlrra = sitta. 
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