. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 234 MUSCTOAPID.'E. wing-covorts liko the back, the greater series externallj- odgecl with hoary white ; quills brown, edged with grey, lighter on the primaries, the inner secondaries narrowly tipped with white ; lores white, ex- tending over the fore part of the eye ; eyelid T\'hite ; ear-coverts and sides of face grey ; under surfnce of body whitish, the breast and sides of body grey ; thighs blackish with white edgings ; under wing-coverts white; quills brown below, edged with white along the inner web ; " bill lead-colour, the edges paler
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 234 MUSCTOAPID.'E. wing-covorts liko the back, the greater series externallj- odgecl with hoary white ; quills brown, edged with grey, lighter on the primaries, the inner secondaries narrowly tipped with white ; lores white, ex- tending over the fore part of the eye ; eyelid T\'hite ; ear-coverts and sides of face grey ; under surfnce of body whitish, the breast and sides of body grey ; thighs blackish with white edgings ; under wing-coverts white; quills brown below, edged with white along the inner web ; " bill lead-colour, the edges paler ; feet blackish ; iris brown " {PcaJe, Graeffe). Total length 5 inches, culraen 0"55, wing 2*8, tail 2'45, tarsus 0-75. Adult male. Similar to the female. Total length 5 inches, cul- men 0-55, wing 2-5, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-7. Hctb. Fiji Islands. n, b. S 2 â '^fl- sk. c. $ ad. sk. d. 2 ad. sk. N'Dreketti, Fiji (K L. Lmjard). ]M'I5au Island, Fiji, Aug. 186-5. I^eviika, Ovalau, July 1865. Rev. S. J. Whitmee. J. Brenchley, Esq. [ J. r>rencliloy,Esq. [P.]. 21. MIRO. Typo. Mivo, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 389 (1831) M. Myioscopus, Reichenh. Stjst. Av. Taf. Ixvii. tig. 12 (1850) M. Leg of Miro albifrons. Bange. Confined to New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. Keif to the Species. a. With a white frontal spot; centre of abdomen white. a'. Larger; wing 395 inches, tarsus 1-5: throat dark ashy brown or blackish, with white shaft-lines; whitish breast-patch large alhifrons, p. 235. b'. Smaller; wiug 3-6 inches, tarsus 1-4 : breast- patch small; throat hoary grey, the feathers edged with brown; breast ashy, with whitish shaft-lines . cmsfrn/is, p. 235. b. Entirely black above and below, with no white spot on the forehead and no white on the abdomen traversi, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not per
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