I 



51. NOTOKNIS. 207 



13. Porphyrio pulverulentus. 



Porpliyrio piilveruleiitu-*, Tcmni. I'l. dot. v. \>\. -iO') (I62i))\ firaii. 

 List GralUe Brit. Mas. p. IJl (1844, pt.) ; Reicheab. Ilawlh., 

 /"M/im/vf-s, tab. cviii. figs. 1008-yil (1852) ; Schl. Mas. Pm/s-D<is, 

 Ralli, p. 64 (18(i5); Mar/en.% J. f. O. 18ii6, p. 2i) ; IVald. Tr. 

 Z. S. \x. p. 228 (1875) ; Steere, Lint B. S,- Mainm. P/iilipp. j). 25 

 (1890: Luzou). 



l'()r])livrio jjoliocephalus {nee Lath.), Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 598 (1845) ; 

 id. hand-/. B. iii. p. 65, uo. 10408 (1871). 



Adult. General colour above dark reddish Ijrown w^ished witli 

 olive, and slightly washed with blue on the margins of the feathers 

 of the mantle ; wings light greyish blue, contrasting with the back ; 

 the lesser coverts clearer greyish blue ; quills blackish, externally 

 greyish blue ; the inner secondaries brown like the back ; tail- 

 t'eathers dark olive-brown ; head and neck all round, as well as the 

 entire under surface of body, bluish grey, a little more dusky on the 

 abdomen and thighs; under wing-coverts like the breast ; the greater 

 series and lower primary-coverts dusky blackish like the quill- 

 lining. Total length 15 inches, culmen and frontal shield 3-75, 

 wing 9'2, tail about 3'5, tarsus 3'-i, middle toe and claw 42. 



Yoiuuj. Differs from the adult in being slightly duller in colour, 

 in having the quills externally washed with olive, and the breast 

 and abdomen obscured by hoary whitish edgings to the feathers. 



IM). Philippine Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Manila, Luzon. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Juv. sk. Manila. Gould Coll. 



51. NOTORNIS *. 



Tvpe. 

 Notomis, Ojoen, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 2 N. mantelli. 



Range. Contined to New Zealand and Norfolk Island. 



* Somewhere in tbe neighbourhood of Xotornii sbould, I think, come the 

 extinct Aptoriiis, although the latter has generally been placed in the vicinity of 

 OcydroiHUs. 



52. APTORNIS. „ 



Type. 



Aptornis, Otucn, Trans. Z. S. iii. p. 347 (1848) A. defossor. 



1. ApTOUNIS OTIDIFORMIS. 



Dinoniis otidiforniis, Owen, t. c. p. 247 (1844). 



Apiornis oliilifVinnis, Owen, t. c. p. 347 (1848); id. Trans. Z. S. vii. 



pp. :!«(>-;!(;;(, pi. 42. figs. 1-3, pi. 43. figs. 1-4; Lijdekker, Cat. Foss. B. 



p. 147(181)1). 



Hah. North Inland, New Zealand. 



2. .\rTOItXIS DEKOSSOU. 



Apturnis defossor, Otvtn, Tran,<. Z. S. vii. pp. .■{,"i3 3i')l>, pis. 40, 41. 43. 44 

 (1871); id. Trans. Z. S. viii. pp. li;i-12(;, pis. 14-lti; lluasl, P. A. H. 

 1872, p. 24 ; Li/drHrr, Cat. Fosii. B. p. 1.".2 (ISyi). 



Huh. South Island, New Zealand. 



