G8 EALLlD.i:. 



Ocvdromus finsolii, Huttoii, Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. vi. p. Ill (1873); 

 Finsch, J. f. O. 1874, p. 199 ; id. Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. vii. p. 232 

 (1874); Shnrpe, Tmj. • Erelus' S,- 'Terror: App. Birds, p. 28 

 (1875); Hutt(m, Tr. N. Zeal. List. ix. p. 331 (1876). 



Adult male. General colour above black, very slightly varied 

 with rufescent edging's to the feathers ; the quills slightly chequered 

 ou their margins with rufous, the i^rimaries distinctly barred with 

 the latter colour; tail-feathers black; lores blackish, surmounted 

 bj' a very indistinct line of ashy ; throat dark ashy ; remainder of 

 under surface black, with reddish margins to the feathers ; lower 

 breast, abdomen, and thighs uniform dusky ashy brown ; under 

 tail-coverts black, barred with rufous ; under wing-coverts black, 

 with narrow rufous bars ; the quills broadly barred with chestnut 

 and black below : " bill dark brown, tinged with red towards the 

 base ; legs bright reddish brown, darker on the hind ])art of the 

 tarsi and on the under surface of toes ; iris bright reddish brown " 

 (W. L. BaUer). Total length 17'5 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 7, 

 tail 4-8, tarsus 2-2, middle toe and claw 2'6. 



Hab. South Island, New Zealand. 



a. Ad. St. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



b-e. Ad.etjuv.sk. New Zealand. Colonial Museum, Welliugton. 



12. APHANAPTERYX. 



Type. 

 Aphanapteryx, Frauenfeld, Neu Ahbikl. Dronte, 1868, p. G . . A. broeckli. 



Range. Formerly living in Mauritius. 



1. Aphanapteryx broeckii. 



Pezophaps broeckii, Schl. Mus. Pai/s-Bas, Struthiones, p. 4 (1873). 

 Aplianaptervx imperialis, Frauenf. Neu Ahhild. Dronte, 1868, p. 6, 



tab. 2; id. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xviii. p. 761 (1869). 

 Aphanapteryx broeckii, Milne-Fdtvards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) x. pp. 325- 



346, pis. i5-18 (1868) ; id. liech. Faune Orn. Ffeinte des Isles 



Mastar. p. 61, pi. 12. figs. 1-4 (1866-73) ; id. Ois. Foss. ii. p. 614, 



pis. 109, 110 (1869-71). 



Hah. Mauritius ; now extinct. 



13. DIAPHORAPTERYX. 



Type. 

 Diaphorapteryx, H. 0. Forbes, Bidl. Brit. Orn. Club, 



no. iv. p. xxi (Dec. 1892) D. hawkiusii. 



Mange. Formerly living in the Chatham Islands. 



1. Diaphorapteryx hawkinsii. 



Aphanapteryx hawkinsii, Forbes, Nature, xlvi. 1892, p. 252. 

 DiaplKiraptcrvx hawkinsii, Forbes, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. iv. 

 p. xxi (1892). 



Hah. Chatham Islands ; now extinct. 



Various bones. Chatham Islands. W. Hawkins [C.]. 



