1. APTERTX. 611 



small bill, and in tlie heavy black bars on tho feathers " (Roth- 

 scfind). ^ 



Hah. " West coast of the South and ^orth Islands " (Rothschild) 

 1 have not examined the type of this species, which is still alive • 

 but three specimens from the BuUer district, west coast of the 

 bouth Island, identified by Mr. Eothscliild with A. occidentalls, and 

 sent to me for examination, show the same characters which are 

 given in the description. 



6. Apteryx haasti. 



? "Fireman," Gould, B. Amtr. vi., in letterpress to ^/;^e;-v.r «MS^-a/w 

 (pt. 11., 1841) ; Strauge, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 51 (Middle Island). 



.''Aptery.t maxima, Vvrr. MS.*, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p 841 

 n 20, p. 1026 (descr. nulla) (1856) ; Sclat. Sf Hochst. Nat. Hist. 

 Rev. 1861, p. 506 ;nd Rejj. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sc. 1861, p 177 

 (Middle Island) ; G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1862, p. 233 (excl. svn.) : Fiiisch 

 J. f. 1867, p. 330, 1870, p. 340 ; Hutt. Cat. B. New Zeal. 

 p. 2u (18/1); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 3, n. 9856 (1871); 

 Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 391 (excl. syn.) (1872); Hector, P. Z. S. 

 18/4, p. 498 ; Rowl. Orn. Misc. i. p. 23 (1875) ; A. Newt. Diet, 

 of B. p. 496, note (pt. 2, 1893). 

 ? Apteryx major, EUnmn, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7468; id. Ibis, 1861 

 p. 416. ' 



Apteryx australis, Haast {nee Sftaic), Topogr. ^- Geol. Expl. p. 139 

 (1861) (W. District of Nelson Prov.) ; id. Ibis, 1862, p. 104 

 (Nelson Prov.). ' > ><• -^"^ 



Apteryx haasti, 'Potts, Tr. N. Z. Inst. iv. 1871, p. 204 (1872) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 35 (Okarito country, W. Coast of Middle Isl.) ; 

 Fimch, J.f. O. 1872, p. 271; Potts, Tr. N. Z. Inst. v. 1872 

 p. 195 (1873) ; Finsch, t. c. p. 212 (1873) ; Bull. Hist. B. New 

 Zeal. p. 371 (1873); Fiiuch, J.f. O. 1874, pp. 174,220; Potts, 

 Zoologist, 1874, pp. 4014, 4158; Rowl. P. Z. 6'. 1874, pp 497 

 ^8 ; id. Orn. Misc. i. pp. 3-17, pi. i. (ad. female) (1875) ; Sclat. 

 P. Z.S. 1876, p. 1 (Zool. Gard.); Hartim/, Ostriches ^- Ostr. Far7n. 

 p. 178 (1877) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 781, 782 (trachea) ; BuU. 

 Man. B. ^ew Zeal. p. 46, n. 57, pi. xxii. (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert 

 An. 8th ed. p. 548, n. 1434 (1883) ; Smith, Tr. N. Z. Inst, xxi 

 1888, p. 224 (1889); Lydekk. Cat. Foss. B. p. 217 (1891) ; Bull 

 Tr N.Z. Inst. xxv. pp. 63, 87 (albino) (1893); Kingsleu, t. c. 

 p. 138 (young) (1893); A. Newt. Diet, of B. p. 496 (pt. 2, 1893) • 

 Rchmo. J.f. O. 1893, p. 116; Rothsch. Ann. S,- Mag. N. H (6) 

 XI. pp. 43, 44 (1893) ; Forbes, t. c. pp. 159-161 (1893) ; Rothsch 

 t c. pp. 299, 300 (1893); id. Bull. Br. Orn. Club, no. x. pp. Ix' 

 1x11 (Central South Island and West of North Island) (1893) • 

 id. Ibis, 1893, pp. 573, 574, 575 ; id. Bull. B. Orn. Club, uo. xvii' 

 p. XXX vi (1894) ; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 429. 

 ? Apteryx maximus, Rothsch. Bull. Br. Orn. Club, no. x. pp xli 

 xhi (1893) (South Island !) ; id. Ibis, 1893, pp. 574, 575, 576^ ' 



* It appears to me tli.at the name A. i)ia.rima was invented for the " Fire- 

 iii'in, but, uecordniir to Bon.i parte, it is ba.^ed on a description given bv native* 

 and on the inspection of an egg which J. Verreaux assured Prince Bonaparte 

 was preserved in the Museum of Philadelphia (!). 



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