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At p. 50 I have stated my reasons for giving Gerygone sylvestris (erroneously referred to in the 
first paragraph of that article as G. flaviventris ) a place among the birds of New Zealand, although, 
so far as is known, no specimen of it exists. Mr. Potts, who described the species under that name, 
seems very positive that the bird which he killed in the dense bush between Okarito and Lake 
Mapourika was quite distinct from our common species ; and Mr. Reischek’s report of a small bird on 
the west coast whose notes he could hear, although he could not see it, may perhaps be confirmatory 
of its existence. 
Pam. TIMELIIDiE.— I have given, at page 58, my reasons for insisting on the association of 
Clit onyx albicapilla and C. ochrocepliala in one and the same genus. The subjoined woodcuts of the 
nests show very plainly that the architecture of both species is the same. 
Clitonyx albicapillci. Clitonyx ochrocephala. 
As already stated at p. 60, the Grass-bird ( Sphenceacus punctatus ) attaches its slender nest to 
thin reed-stems standing in close proximity to each other, but it is sometimes placed on the ground 
under shelter of a tussock or tuft of rushes. One of the latter kind (formed entirely of dried grass- 
leaves) is here depicted. 
