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sea. The seeds sent are those of Gahnia procera ; they are red-coloured and ol' 

 the size of small wheat." 



I have had several ^1. aiistralis alive, first under Mr. Doggett's care in 

 Caml)ridge, afterwards here in Tring ; and they seemed to be unite liapjjy. Tliey 

 frequently uttered their very loud and strong cries iu the evening, and it seemed 

 that the shrill note was that of the 7nale. The cry of this form seems to be a little 

 louder than that of A. uustralis mantelli ; but otherwise the same. 



2. Apteryx australis mantelli Bartl. 



The Striated North-Lslaiid Kiwi. 



1830. Kiwi, D'Urville in Vny. AsUolahe, Histoire, v. 2, p. 481 (North Island) ; }S?.0, Apteryx 

 austnilis, Quoy et Gaimard in Voy. Aslrotube Znol. v. I. p. 158 ; 1839, Cunningham in P. Znol. 

 Soc. Lnml. p. 63 ; 1841, J. Gould, B. Aiistr. v. 6, PI. 2 (text partim) ; 1841, Gould in P. Zonl. 

 Sue. L'jiul. p. 70 ; 1845, Hombi-on& Jacq. Voy. Pule Siul, Atlas Pis. 24, 25 ; 1845, Reichenbach, 

 Grallatores, PI. 143 f., 1015, lOlG (from Gould), Gallinaceae, PI. 386, f. 2193 (from Gray & 

 Mitchell) ; 1846, Gray, Gen. B. v. III. PI. 139, text ; 1853, Jacq. et Puch. in Voy. Pole Sud, 

 Ois. in. p. 127 ; 1854, Hartlaub in J. f. 0. p. 166 ; 1865, Dareste in ComjH. Rem!, v. 42, 

 p. 861 (brain), Ann. Sc. Nat. 4 s^r. Zool. v. 5, p. 48 ; 1865, Gould, Haiidb. B. Aust. v. 2, 

 p. 568 ; 1871, Buller iu Trans. N. Zeid. Inst. p. 52, PI. XII. b. (.1. australis and mantelli 

 considered the same) ; 1882, Finsch in His, p. 399 (N. Island). 

 1850. Ajitery.r 7na>ilelli, Buttlett in P. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 275, PI. XXX. f. 3, 4, PI. XXXI. f. 2 

 (North Island) ; 1852, Alfr. Newman in Fror. Tagsher. No. 664 {Zool. Bd. 3, p. 210) ; 1852, 

 Wolley, Zoologist, p. 3409 (habits in captivity), A. Newton p. 3605 (ditto) ; 1859, Sclater in 

 P. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 530 (egg laid in captivity) ; 1861, Sclater & Hochstetter in Rep. Brit. 

 Ass. Adi\ Sc. p. 177, and Xat. Hisl. Rer. 1861, p. 505 ; 1863, Layard in Ibis, p. 242 (habits) ; 

 1863, Sclater in P. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 235 (accounts about breeding) ; 1864, Sclater in P. Zool. 

 Soc. Land. p. 374 (Auckland); 1865, Gould, B. Australia, v. 2, p. 569; Finsch in /. /. 

 p. 329 ; A. Newton iu Ibis, pp. 251, 504 ( (J incubating) ; 1870, Potts in Traus. A\ Z. Inst. 

 V. 2, p. 67 ; 1870, Buller in Trans. N. Z. Inst. v. 2, p. 52 (" mauleni^amtralis"), Hector, p. 73 ; 

 1871, Hector, op. cit. v. 4, p. 363 ; 1872, Potts iu Ibis, p. 36 (scutellation of tarsus not a 

 specific character) ; 1873, Potts in Trans. N. Zealand Inst. v. 5, p. 194 ; 1873, Garrod in 

 P. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 470 (anatomy), p. 644 (muscles) ; 1873, Buller, B. Xeic Zealand, 1st ed. 

 p. 357, pi. 33 ; 1874, Button in Ibis, p. 43 (localities on N. Island) ; 1874, Buller in Ibis, 

 p. 122 ; 1875, Garrod in P. Zool. Soc. Load. p. 341, fig. (anatomy) ; 1875, Sharpe in Zool. Voy. 

 Erebus it Terror, App. p. 36 ; 1877, Forbes in P. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 308 (bursa Fabricii). 1881, 

 pp. 780, 781, figs, (trachea) ; 1879, Nathusius in J. f. O. v. 27, p. 255 (egg) : 1882, Buller, 

 Manual N. Zealand B. p. 44, PI. XXI. ; 1893, A. Newton, Diet, of B. p. 495 ; 1893, Rothschild" 

 in Bull. B. 0. Club, No. 10, pp. LX.— LXII., and 'Jbis, pp. 573-5 ; 1895, Salvadori, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. v. XXVII. p. 607 ; 

 1885. Aptery.r hulleri, Sharpe in Proc. Wellington Phil. Soc. p. 6, Trans. N. Zealand Inst 

 V. XXI. p. 224 ; 1888, Buller, B. New Zealand, 2ndied. v. 2, p. 308, PI. XL VII. ; 1892, 

 Schiffi in J. f. 0. p. 230 ; 1893, Buller in Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. v. XXV. p. 85 ; 1893, Wright 

 in Ibis, p. 283 (Hauturu Island, N. Island). 



DESCRIPTION OF A. AUSTRALIS MANTELLI. 



S ad. Much blacker than A. axstraliis, this being caused by the great 

 reduction in width of the rufous area in the centre of the feathers, and the greater 

 extension of the black edges. Forehead and head dark smoky grey, occiput and 

 hindneck blackish grey. Breast and flanks dark smoky grey, each feather in 

 the middle with a pale buff stripe, abdomen in the middle uniform whitish 

 grey. The tips to the feathers, especially on the hindneck, harder and more 

 bristly. 



? ad. Similar to the nxtle, but larger, and flie centres of tlie feathers 



