THE



Avicultural Magazine


THE JOURNAL OF THE

AVICULTURAL SOCIETY



Fourth Series *—VoL XIII.-—No. 4.—All rights reserved. APRIL, 1935



THE NORTH ISLAND ROBIN


(.Miro australis longipes , Lesson)


As this species is now very rare and photographs of it equally so,

we thought it worth while publishing a plate which may be considered

to accompany the article on the species in Mr. Sydney Porter’s “ Notes

on New Zealand Birds ”, published in the Magazine for December,

1933. Although this subspecies has never been imported, the South

Island Robin (M. a. australis) is included in the Zoo list. The male

has the head, neck, and upper surface dark slate grey, plumbeous

beneath, the shafts greyish white, forming lines on the crown and nape ;

frontal spot pure white ; throat, fore-neck, and sides of the body paler

slate grey ; lower breast, vent, under tail-coverts, and abdomen white,

blending on the flanks with the other parts ; wings dull brown with

paler shafts ; tail dull brown, shafts pale brown. Irides dark ; bill

blackish ; tarsi pale brown. The total length is 6 inches.


The female is smaller and duller, with the under parts paler.


A. C.



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