Genus— LITTLERA. 
Littlera Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 109, 
Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by original designation) : Muscicapa chrysoptera 
Quoy & Gaimard. 
I DIAGNOSED this genus as follows : “ Differs from Petroica in its weaker bill 
and feet, though having a longer wing with a proportionately shorter first 
primary. ” 
At sight this species differs from the preceding two in having a grey back, 
a very small frontal spot and a wholly flame under-surface. The wing has 
the fourth and fifth primaries longest, the third longer than the sixth, the 
second longer than the seventh or equal to it, the first small, between one- 
third and one-fourth the length of the second. The legs are smaller as is also 
the bill, the latter noticeably so. The rictal bristles are weak. 
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