1. AVXKRYX. GOT 



The nidimcntary winjjs are furnislied at the extremity with a long, 

 slightly curved, greyish-hlack claw : that on the right wing is 0-75 

 inch, that on the left is | shorter and less curved. 



" Female. Extreme length, following curvature of the back 33 

 inches ; bill along the ridge 7"75, along the edge of lower mandible 

 7'75 ; wing 2-0 ; tarsus 3-5 ; middle toe and claw 3'75 ; hallux 1. 

 The claw or spur on the rudimentary wing O-oO in length, more curved 

 than that of the male bird, sharply pointed, and of a dark grey 

 colour. The bill is greyish brown, shading into black on the 

 culmen, especially in its apical portion, the tip being whitish horn- 

 colour. Tarsi and toes dark bluish grey, claws paler." {BuUer.) 



Hah. Stewart Island. 



I have seen two specimens of this bird, male and female, sent to 

 me for examination by the Hon. W. Eothschild ; they are very 

 large, and the female has the bill about an inch longer than any 

 A. austral is I have seen : besides, the bill in both specimens is 

 darker, horn-brown, especially on the upper part ; the claws of 

 the male are brown, but those of the female (of course in dry 

 skin) are pale horn-colour, as in A. attstralis. As the differences, 

 although verj' slight, appear to be constant, we may keep A. laivn/i 

 distinct. 



3. Apteryx mantelli. 



Kiwi, DTrville, Toy. Astral, ii. p. 137 (1830) (Bav of Tolaga, or 



Ilona-hona, E. coast of N. Island), ii. pp. 480, 481 (18::!2). 

 Aptervx australis, Quoy et Gaim. {nee S/iair), I'm/. AstroL, Zoo/. 



i. pp. 158, 659 (1830) (Bay of Tolaga) ; Gou/d, B] Austr. vi. pi. 2 



(pt. ii., 1841); Honihr. et Jaeq. Toy. Pole Sud, Atlas, pis. 24, 25 



(1845); Jacq. ^- Puch. Toy. Pole Sud, Ois. iii. p. 127 (1853;; 



Hartl. J.f. O. 18.54, p. 166; Gould, Hamlb. B. Amtr. ii. p. 568 



(part.) (1865); Bidl. Tr. X. Zeal. hist. iii. 1870. p. 52, pi. xii i. 



(head) (1871); Sclat. P. Z. S. p. 479; Fmsch. J.f. O. 1874, 



p. 220 (part.) ; Fi/mh, Ibis, 1882, p. 389 (King's Country, N. 



Island). 

 Apteryx mautelli, IJartl. P. Z. S. 18-50, p. 275, pi. xxx. ff. 3, 4 



(head), pi. xxxi. f. 2 (foot) (North Island); Xeirm. Fror. Taysber. 



no. 664 (Zool. iii.) pp. 210, 212 (bahits) (1852) ; Wolley. Zooloyist, 



p. 3409 (Iiabits) (1852) ; Xeirfoii, ibid. p. 3605 (^1852) ; B/>. Compt. 



liend. xliii. p. 841, n. 22 (18.5(;); Ed. Ibis, 1859, p. 115; Sclaf. 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 530 {e^^), 1860, p. 194 (egg); Sclat. .V JIoc/i.<'t. 



Pep. Brit. Js.ioc. Adv. Sc. 1861, p. 177 ; iid. Xaf. Hist. Bev. 186], 



p. 505; G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1862, p. 2.33; Layard, Ibis, 1863, p. 242; 



Svlat. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 2.34 (N. Island), 1864, p. 374 (Auckland! 



living specimen) ; Gould, Ilmidb. B. Austr. ii. p. 569 (1865) ; 



Fitisc/i, J.f. O. 1867, pp. 329-331 ; Bowl. P. Z. S. 1867, ji. 894; 



Fd. Ibis, 1868, pp. 251, 504 (incubation) ; Pott.f, Tr. X. Z. Iii.-^f. ii. 



1869, p. 67 (eirg) (1870); Button, Ibis, 1870, p. 398 (Auckland); 



Finsch, J. fO. 1870, pp. 337-339 ( = australis ?) ; Buller, Tr. 



X. Z. Ith-<t. ii. 1870, p. 52 (=austrahs) (1871) ; Hector, t. c. 



p. 73 (1871); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 3, n. 9854 (1871); 



Iluttm, Cat. B. X. Zeal. p. 23 (1871); Hector, Tr. X. Z. Inst. 



