604 ArXERTGID.T;. 



a . Size smaller, under 30 inches ; bill white horn- 

 colour, 

 ft". Total length about 2.3 inches ; plumage 



paler, more greyish, feathers soft to the • 



touch ' mistralis, p. 601. 



b". Total length about 21 inches; plumage 

 darker, more fulvous brown, the feathers 

 of the upper parts black at tlie tip, and 

 especially those of the hind neck and back, 



harsh to the touch , nutnfelli, p. 607. 



l>'. Size larger, total length of male oO'o, of 

 female 33 inches ; upper mandible brown 



horn-colour lauriji, p. 606. 



h. General plumage greyish brown, barred across 



with light bands. 



c. Smaller, total length not more than 25 inches ; 



paler and with narrower bars ; tarsi pale 



brown ; claws whitish horn-colour. 



c". Smaller, total length about 19 inches; 



dark barring lighter .... oireni, p. 609. 



d". Larger, total length about 23 inches ; 



dark barrings heavier [Rothschild) occidentalis, p. 610. 



d'. Larger, total length 25-27 inches; darker 

 and with broader hght bars ; tarsi dark 

 brown ; claws dark horn-colour haasti, p. 611. 



1. Apteryx australis. 



Apteryx australis, Shuic, Nat. Misc. xxiv. pis. 1057, 1058 (1813); 

 Temm. Man. (UOrn. 2nd ed. i. p. cxiv (1820); Hteph. Gen. Zool. 

 xiii. l,p. 71 (1826); Runz. Elem. oi ZooL m. Q, p. 295 (1826); 

 Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 211 (1828) ; id. Vvy. Coq., Zool. i. p. 418 

 (1828) (Bay of Islands) ; Cuv. Ref/n. An. 2nd ed. i. p. 498 (note) 

 (1829); Less. Tr. d'Om. p. 12 (1831); Yarr. P. Z. S. 1833, 

 pp. 24,80; id. Trans. Zool. Soc. i. pp. 71-76, pi. x. (type) (1833) ; 

 MacLeay, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 61 ; Yarr. Ids, 1836, pp. 386-389 ; 

 Short, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 24 (li\ing specimens) ; Less. Compl.de Biif. 

 2nd ed. Ois. p. 71, pi. — (1838) ; Oiven, P. Z. S. 1838, pp. 48- 

 51, 71, 72, 105-110 (anatomy) ; Cunnini/h. P. Z. S. 1839, pp. 63, 

 65 (habits); id. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. iv. pp. 312-314 (1840); 

 id.Fror. Notiz. xiv. pp. 177-179 (1840) ; Oicen, Trans. Zool. Sac. 

 ii. pp. 257-301, pis. 47-55 (1841) (anatomy); Gould, P. Z. S. 

 1841, p. 70; Ouem, P. Z. S. 1842, pp. 22-41 (myology); G. R. 

 Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 55 (1844) : Gray ^- Mitch. Gen. 

 B.'m. p. 530, pi. cxxxix. (1846); Oicen, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 49 

 (femur); id. Trans. Zool. Soc. lii. 1842, pp. 278-301, pis. xxxi.- 

 xxxiv. (myology), pi. xxxv. (female organs) ( 1849) ; Stravge, P. Z. 8. 

 1847, p. 51 ; Gov Id, t. c. yp. 93, 94; Rchnh. Syn. At., Gral- 

 latores, t. 143. if. 1015-16 (1845), Gallinacefe, t. 386. flf. 2191- 

 92 {e.v Yarrell), f. 2193 (e.r Gr. ^- Mitch.) (1848); Alantell, 

 P. Z. S. 18.:0, p. 211 ; Bartl. t. c. p. 275, pi. xxx. ff. 1, 2 (head and 

 wing), pi. xxxi. f. 1 (f"Ot) ; Rchnb. Av. Syst. JS'at. p. xxx (1852) ; 

 Dareste, Compt. Rend. xlii. pp. 861-863 (brain) (1856) ; id. 

 I7istitut, xxiv. p. 167 (1856) ; id. Ann. >Sc. Nat. (3) Zool. x. pp. 48- 

 50 (1856) ; Bp. Conipt. Rend, xliii. p. 841, n. 21 (1856) ; Sclat. ^■ 

 Hdchst. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1861, p. 116; iid. Nat. Hist. 

 Rev. 1861, p. 504; G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1862, p. 233 ; Parker, P. Z. &. 



