240 List of the Birds of New Zealand 



' Moho ' of the natives of North Island. 

 'Takahe^ of the natives of South Island. 

 Hab. Dusky Bay; Middle Island, N. Z. 



110. PoRPHYRio MELANOTUS, Temm. Man. d^Orn. ii. p. 701; 



G. R. Gr. App. Dieff. N.Z. ii. p. 197; Ellman, Zool. 1861, 



p. 7471. 

 ' Pukeko/ ' Pakura/ of the natives. 

 Hab. Mataineka, South Island, N. Z. 



111. PORPHYRIO ALBA, Tcmm. 



Fulica alba, White's Journ. App. pi. p. 238; Phill. Bot. 



Bay, pi. p. 273; Callarn, Bot. Bay, 1783. 

 Gallinula alba, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 768. 

 Porphijrio melanotus [albino, var.), G. R. Gr. Voy. Ereb. & 



Terr. Birds, p. 14. 

 Porphyria melanotus, var., Pr. B. 



Notornis ? alba, v. Pelz. Sitz. Acad. d. Wiss. Wien, xli. p. 331. 

 Hab. Norfolk Island and other places. 

 Entirely white ; but some differ in having bright blue between 

 the shoulders, and spotted on the back with the same. 

 In Vienna Museum, from the Leverian Museum. 

 It is stated that a similar bird was found on Lord Howe's 

 Island, which was incapable of flight. The wings of the male 

 were beautifully mottled with blue. 



The young are said to be black ; then they become bluish grey, 

 and afterwards pure white (Lath. Gen. Hist. ix. p. 428).* 



DiNORNITHIDiE ? 



112. DiNORNIS ? 



Dinornis ? 



' Po-waka-i ' of the natives. (10 feet high.) 

 Hab. Probably living among the wild unexplored mountain- 

 ranges of the Middle Island, N.Z. {Elhnan, Zool. 1861, 

 p. 7468). 



ANATIDiE. 



113. Casarca variegata, G. R. Gr. App. Dieff. N. Z. ii. p. 198 ; 



Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, p. 15. pi. 16. 



* What is the " Coot " of Lord Howe's Island, Phill. Voy. Bot. Bay, 

 p. 22G? 



