238 List of the Birds of New Zealand 



Ocydromus troglodytis, Wagl. Nat. Syst. der Amphibien, 



1830, p. 98. 

 ' Weka ' of the natives. 

 Hab. South Island; Dusky Bay; Cook's Straits; North 



Island ; Middle Island ; Milford Sound ; Port Cooper, 



N.Z.* 



103. Ocydromus earli, G. R. Gr. 



? Rallus rufus, Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 74-70. 

 ? ' Moho kura' of the natives. 

 ? Great Red Rail, Ellman. 

 Above fuscous black, each feather broadly margined on the 

 sides with deep fulvous ; top of the head, ear-coverts, back of 

 neck, and sides of the breast rufous fulvous ; eyebrows, throat, 

 and middle of abdomen obscure grey ; sides of abdomen and vent 

 obscure rufous fulvous, irregularly spotted with paler; under 

 tail-coverts pale fulvous, banded with fuscous ; quills fuscous, 

 margined with fulvous, inner webs banded with reddish fulvous ; 

 bill and feet horn-coloured. 



About the same size as the preceding. 

 Hab. New Zealand {Mr. Percy Earl). 



104. Ocydromus brachypterus, G.R.Gr. Gen. of B. iii. p. 596. 

 Gallirallus brachypterus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 243 ; Mag. 



de Zool. 1812, Ois. t. 24. 

 Gallirallus fuscus, Dubus, Esquis. Ornith. t. 11. 

 Rallus niger [Great Black Rail), Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 

 ' Moho ' of the natives. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 



105. Hypot^nidia dieffenbachii, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 



p. 599. 

 Rallus dieffenbachii, G. R. Gr. App. Dieff. N. Z. ii. p. 197. 



* What is Rallus fuscus [Great Brown Rail), Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7471 ? 



' Moho weka ' of the natives. Larger than the Rallus rufus. Dark 

 brown. 



What is Rallus strepitans [Great Spotted Rail), Ellman, Zool. 1861, 

 p. 7471? 'Moho pu' of the natives. Spotted with red and white on a 

 brown ground. 



These are supposed to be varieties of the Ocydromus australis. 



