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a few spots o f rufous ; quills black, margined with olivaceous
brown ; wing-coverts with two transverse b an d s of
rufous ; bre ast, abdomen and under tail-coverts brown,
with longitudina l b ro a d rufescent white spots ; tail rufous,
with th e two middle feathers an d margins of others olivaceous
brown.
Length, lO f in ch e s; b ill from gape, 11 lin e s; wings, 44
in c h e s; tarsi, 1 inch 2 lines.
F o rs te r plac ed the name o f Golobieo on his drawing. It
is also said to b e th e P io pio, Keropia and Koho E o u of
the natives. According to Mr. P . E a rl, it is the Kakaroeo
o f the natives o f South Island. It h aunts low bushes, or
is seen on the ground, searching for seeds, which constitute
its chief food. T h e ir flight is only extended for a
short distance a t a time.
Family, M u s c ic a p id æ .
Subfamily 1. Muscicapino’.
R h i p id u r a f l a b e l l if e r a .
P la te 6, f. 2.
Muscicapa ventilabrura, Forst. Descr. A n im . p . 86, et
Icon. ined. 1.5-5.
Fan-tailed Flyc atche r, L ath. Gen. S yn. iii. 3 4 0 ,» /. 49.
M. flabellifera, Gmel. Syst. N a t. 943.
Muscipeta flabellifera, tem m . Man. d ’Orn.
Brownish olivaceous ; head black, eyebrows and throat
white ; bre ast and abdomen yellowish rufescent ; middle
tail-feathers black tipped with white, outer feather on each
•side entirely white, intermediate ones white, with the outer
margin of each bordered with black.
Lengih, 6 inches ; bill from gape, 5 lines ; wings, 2
inches 10 lin e s ; tarsi, 10 lines.
“ H a b ita t in in su la australi Novæ Zealandiæ. Continuo
insecta venatur, volitans, cauda in ventilabri formam ex-
pan sa ; mansueta homines ob insecta in arabulando extur-
b a ta sequitur, ac sæpe capiti vel huraeris in s id e t; sono
p ipíente canit.” Forster.
Ac cording to F orster, this is the Diggowaghwagh of the
natives o f Dusky Bay ; and other authors have called it
the Piwaka-waka and Pi-oua-ka-oua-ka.
The E x p ed itio n ’s specimens were from the Bay of
Islands.
R h i p id u r a m e l a n u r a .
Rhipidura melanura, G. R . Gray, App. to Dieff. Trav.
in N . Zeal. \i. p . 190.
Da rk olivaceous brown ; b ene ath rufous brown ; head
an d neck greyish black, with a superciliary spot on each
side white; the tail is entirely black.
T otal length, 6 J inches ; bill from gape, 4 an inch ; tail,
4 in c h e s; tarsi, 10 lines.
T h is species is from Chatham Islan d and New Zealand.
Family, C o r v id æ .
Subfamily, Callæatinoe.
C a LLÆAS CINEREA.
Callæas cinerea, Forst. Desc. An. p. 74, et Icon. ined. 52.
Cinereous Wa ttled Bird, L a th . S y n . i. 364, p i. 14.
Glaucopis cinerea, Gmel. S y st. N a t. i. 363 : Quoy et
Gaim. Voy. de VAstrol. Ois. t. 15.
Blackish cinereous ; lower p a rt o f back and abdomen
tinged with rufous brown ; above each nostril a patch o f velvety
b lack ; with a round caruncle a t the gape on each side.
^ 3 inches ; bill from gape, 1 inch ; wings,
6 | inches ; tarsi, 2^ inches.
H a b ita t in utraque Novæ Zeelandiæ insula, ambulai
humi e t per arbores e t fruticeta quoque vagatur. Cantillat
voce fistulari, exæ stuat quoque in arboribus simul obmur-
murans. Vescitur baccis, insectis, e t uti mihi relatum parvis
quoque avicuìis. Caro ejus satis sapida.” Forster.
I t is th e Kokako of the natives, and the “ New Zealand
Crow o f the English settlers.
Family, S t u r n id æ .
Subfamily 1. Ptilonorhynckinæ.
A p l o n is Z e l a n d ic u s .
Lamprotornis zelandicus, Quoy et Gaim. Von. de I'Asirol.
Ois. t. 9, f . 1.
Olivaceous brown ; under surface ashy, tinged with yellow
; quills, secondaries, tertials, uropygium and tail, ru fous,
paler on the uropygium.
Length, 6 inches.
Tasman’s Bay is given as the locality o f this species bv
MM. Quoy and Gaimard.
A p l o n is o b s c u r u s .
Lamprotornis obscurus, Duhus, B u ll. Acad. S c i B r u v
1839, p t. 1, p . 297.
Brownish grey ; head, fore part o f neck, and breast rath
e r black, tinged with deep green ; wings and tail blackish
brown ; abdomen brownish ash.
Length 64 inches.
Subfamily, Sturnincs.
C r e a d io n c a r u n c u l a t u s .
Stuinus carunculatus, F o n t. Descr. Anim. p. 81, et Icon
ined. 144.
Wa ttled Stare, L ath. S yn. iii. £), pi. 36 (adult and voung).
Sturnus carunculatus, Gmel. Syst. N a t. i. 805.
Creadion pharoides. Vieil. Encyc. Méth. p.
Ic te rus rufusater, et I. novæ Zelandiæ, Less, e t Garn
Voy. de la Coq. OU. I. 23, f . 1, (adult).
Xanthomus carunculatus, Qnoyet Gaim. Voy. d e l ’Astrol.
Ois. t. 1 2 ,/. 4, (young).
Oxystomus carunculatus, Swain.s. Class, o f B ird s, ii. 270.
B la ck ; back, wing-coverts and uropygium ferruginous;
a small blood-red caruncle hangs from the gape on each
side o f the lower mandible.
A d u lt male. Black, back only ferruginous.
Female or young. Blackish brown ; lower p a rt of back
tinged with rufous.
Length, 9 ^ inches; bill from gape, 1 inch 4 lin e s ; wings
34 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 7 lines.
“ H a b ita t in insula australi Novæ Zee landiæ; voce fistulari
canit.” Forster.
MM. Quoy and Gaimard inform us, th a t “ Cet oiseau
habite les grands bois de la baie Tasman, où il parait vivre
solitaire.” I t feeds on seeds, and inhabits both the
North and South Islands.
The natives call this bird Tiaka, Purourou or Tierawaki.
Family, P s it t a o id æ .
Subfamily 1. Pezoporinoe.
P l a t y c e r c u s N0VÆ Z e e l a n d iæ .
P sittac u s pacificus, Forst. Descr. A n im . p . 73. Icon,
ined. 44—46.
Pacific PaiTot, L a th . Syn. i. 252.
Psittacus pacificus, var. 0. Gmel. Syst. N a t. i. 329.
Psittacus novæ Seelandiæ, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 28.
P latycercus novæ Seelandiæ, Wagl. Monogr. P s itt. p.
P latycercus pacificus, Vigors, Zool. Journ. i. 529, pi.
1.
Green ; forehead, region o f the ears, and some o f the
side feathers margined with crimson ; beneath yellowish
green ; quills black, with the outer webs blue and margined
with yellow.
Length, 9 in ch e s; bill from gape, 6 lin e s; wings, 54
in ch e s; tarsi, 8 lines.
Length, 12 in c h e s; bill from gape, 9 lin e s ; wings, 54
inches ; tarsi, 9 lines.
“ H ab ita t in to ta insula australi Novæ Zælandiæ, victitat
baccis, nam in arboribus et fructicibus bacciferis
plerumque obvius: præcipue in Coccoloba australi e t P h y tolacca
compléta.” Forster.
Kakiriki, Powaitere, or Po-é-tèrè are the names by which
this species is known to th e natives. Tt is found in New
Zealand, Auckland and Chatham Islands.
P l a t y c e r c u s a u r ic e p s .
Psittacus auriceps, K u h l, Nov. Act. Acad. Cas. Cur. x.
p. 46.
P latycercus auriceps. Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1825, 531,
p i. suppl. 2.
P sittacus pacificus, var. S'. L a th . In d . Orn. i. 104.
Green ; beneath yellowish green ; frontal band and some
o f the side feathers m a r^ n e d with s ca rlet; vertex o f the
h ead golden y ellow ; quills black, the outer webs blue,
margined with y e llow ; tail green, margined with yellow.
Length, 9 in c h e s ; bill from gape, 4 an in c h ; wings, 4
in ch e s; tarsi, 7 lines.
Length, 11 in ch e s; bill from gape, 7 lin e s ; wings, 4
inches, 5 lines ; tarsi, 84 lines.
This species inhabits various p arts o f New Zealand.
T r ic h o g l o s s u s a u r if r o n s .
Psittacus (Lathamus) aurifrons, Less. Cent. Zool. t. 18.
Trichoglossus aurifrons, Wagl. Monogr. P s itt. p.
Uppe r surface lively g re e n ; uropygium, forehead, and
all the under surface golden yellow, tinged on the abdomen
u'itli gi-een; quills azure blue, with the extremities
black.
Length, 7 inches 4 lines, (French).
This species is given, as fotind in New Zealand, on the
authority of M. Lesson.
Subfamily 2, Cacatuinoe.
N e s t o r m e r id io n a l i s .
Psittacus hypopolius, Forst. Descr. Anim. ji. 72. Icon,
ined. 50.
Southern Brown Pan-ot, L a th . S yn . i. 264.
P sittacus meridionalis, Gmel. Syst. N a t. i. 333.
Psittacus nestor, L a th . In d . Orn. i. 110.
Psittacus australis, Sh aw , Mus. Lev. p i. p . 87.
Nestor hypopolius, Wagl. Monogr. P s itt. p .
Olivaceous, each feather margined with brown ; fore
p a rt o f th e neck and bre ast greyish brown, margined with
dark brown ; nape rufous brown, margined with yellow
and black ; uropygium and abdomen purplish blood red,
banded with b la c k ; crown o f head an d lores grey, margined
with dark brown ; region o f the ears golden yellow,
margined with b row n ; feathers {irojecting over th e lower
mandible obscure red, streaked with grey in th e middle ;
tail greenish brown, h a ire d on the inner margins o f the
inner webs with pale red.
Length, 1 foot 74 inche s; b ill from gape, 1 inch 7 lines;
wings, 11 in ch e s; tarsi, 1 inch 2 lines.
“ H a b ita t in insula utraque Novæ Zeelandiæ, victitat
baccis e f nucibus, garrulus, fistilat voce alta e t claraosa,
præsertim mane et vesperi. Maxime austi-alis congenerum
n iiin n f» vîvf»ne in AG* T.^pe vivens in 46*Latf. AAuiisctfrt-.”” FEo'nrvsctt.ear...
his bird is the Kak a of the natives.
Family, C u c u l id a j .
To th is family, says Dr. Dieffenbach, probably belongs
the b ird known to th e natives by the name of K akapo, and
ju d g in g from some tail-feathers o f a green metallic lustre,
which were obtained in the interior, the b ird may belong
to the genus Centropus (?). Dr. D . further remarks th a t the
living birds, n o r even an entire specimen, have not been
seen by any o f th e missionaries, n o r by the natives, for
many years past. Its destruction he considers to be owing
to the introduction of cats and dogs, as the b ird used
to perch only on the lower branches o f trees, and therefore
was easily obtained by those animals. The natives caught
it by means of th e glare of a torch during the night.
Mr. P . E a rl is induced, from information which he ob tained
during his re cent travels, to suppose th a t this rare
b ird still exists in th e southern p arts o f the South Island,
and th a t it seldom visits the northem portions. H e was
informed by Mr. Gerard, many years re sident in New Z e a land,
that h e had seen the b ird in the bay in which he lived,
and described it as a climbing b i r d ; and by Mr. Hughes,
a whaling master a t Moiraki, th a t he had had a living specimen
in his possession some years ago. Mr. H . said th a t
i t had a long ta il; the bill was hooked like a hawk or a
parrot’s ; and th a t it was very strong on the wing, and
would attack other birds, even the Nestor meridionalis, to
which it was little inferior in size.
Subfamily, C u cu lin x.
E u d y n a m is t a i t e n s is .
Cuculus fasciatus, Forst. Desc. A n im . p . 160. Icon,
ined. 56.
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