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Fam. MUSCICAPIDiE. 
Genus RHIPIDLHtA. (New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, 
Norfolk Island, New Guinea, and many of the Indo- 
Malayan Islands.) 
Rhipidura flabellifera, Gmelin. Pied Fantail. u Pi- 
wakawaka/’ (Case X. Nos. 35, 36, and 37: male, 
female, and young.) 
One of the commonest birds, and a characteristic feature 
of the New-Zealand woods, where it may always be seen 
hying about with broadly expanded tail and performing all 
manner of fantastic evolutions in its diligent pursuit of gnats 
and hies. It builds a beautiful cup-shaped nest, formed of 
green moss, lined with dry bents, and bound round on the 
outside with spiders^ webs. 
Fam. HIRUNDINIM, 
Genus PETROCHELIDON. (Australia and 
Indian Archipelago.) 
Petrochelidom NiGRiCANs,Vieillot. Australian Tree-Swallow. 
(Case II. No. 16.) 
An occasional straggler from Australia. Several small 
flights have been recorded in the South Island. 
Fam. MELIPHAGIDiE. 
Genus ZOSTEROPS. (Extends over the entire 
Southern Hemisphere.) 
Zosterops ciERULEscENs, Latham. Silver-eye or Blight- 
bird. “ Tau-hou ” or “ Kanohi-mowhiti(Case X. 
Nos. 1 and 2, male and female; Case IX. contains nest 
and eggs.) 
Ihe histoiy of this little bird in New Zealand is a re- 
maikable one. It is identical with the species inhabiting 
Australia, but whether it came over to New Zealand from 
