606 APTERYGID.I. 



■with a narrow streak of fulvous along the shaft ; on the feathers of 

 the upper parts this streak is darker towards the tip, aud the 

 terminal filaments are black, whereas on the underparts of the 

 body both the tips and filaments are light brown or fulvous ; the 

 bill, which measures two inches in length, is light horn-colour ; 

 the legs and feet are light brown, the metatarsi being covered 

 anteriorly with thin scales, scarcely definable to the eye. In this 

 young condition the quill-tubes are very minute, and the plumage 

 of the body is extremely soft to the touch." (BuJIer.) 



I may add that in one young specimen examined by me the 

 forehead and throat are of a paler grey than the rest of the head. 

 {3Ius. Jiothschild.) 



According to JiuUer, as a rule, the South-Island birds are 

 larger than those from the North Island (A. mantelli), but occa- 

 sionally examples of the latter are fully equal in size to the largest 

 specimens of A. australis. In this species, generally speaking, the 

 long facial hairs or feelers are far less abundant than in the North- 

 Island Apterii.v. Eesides it appears that the feathers of A. australis 

 are soft and yielding when stroked towards the head. 



Hah. South Island. 



a, b. tS ad. st. & Duskv Bay, Xew Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 

 $ sk. 



c. Ad. St. New Zealand. Col. Bolton [P.]. 



d. Juv. st. New Zealiind. Purchased. 

 e,f,ff. 2 ad. et New Zealand. Colonial Museum 



■juv. sk. [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Albert Hunt, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 i. Skeleton. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



k. Sternum & pelvis. Zool. Soc. 



(Tr. Z. S. ii. pi. 55. ft". 2, 3, sternum.) 



2. Apteryx lawryi. 



Apteryx maxima, Buller (nee Bp.), Tr. N. Z. Inst, xxiii. 1890, 

 pp. 602, 603 (1891), x.xiv. 1891, pp. 91, 92 (Stewart Island) (1892) ; 

 cf. Ibis, 1894, pp. 127, 128. 



Apteryx lawrvi, Rothschild, Bull. B. O. Club, no. x. pp. I.xi, Lxii 

 (Stewart Island) (1893) ; id. Ibis, 1893, pp. 673, 575, 576. 



" The plumage is very similar to that of Apteryx anstralis. The 

 male presents more chestnut in the colouring, and the lanceolate 

 markings on the upper surface are more distinct than in the other 

 sex. This richer appearance is due to the feathers having chestnut 

 tips, pointed with black. The bill and feet are likewise darker and 

 more uniform in colour, with lighter claws, 



•' Male. Extreme length, following curvature of the back cO'5 

 inches ; bill along the ridge 5 5, along the edge of lower mandible 

 6'o; from anterior margin of cere to extreme point of u])per mandible 

 4"5 ; wing 2"0 ; tarsus 3'o ; middle toe and claw 3-5 ; hallux 1-0. 



