612 APTERYtflD^. 



Similar to A. oiueni and A. occidentalis, but mucli larger, of a 

 darker brown colour and with the light bands broader : " irides 

 black ; bill white horn-colour ; legs and feet dark brown, changing 

 to brownish black on the posterior aspect of the metatarsi and on the 

 soles ; claws dark horn-colour. Total length about 25 inches ; 

 bill along the ridge 4-75, along the edge of lower mandible 5-4 ; 

 tarsus 2-75." (Buller.) 



The female, as in the other species, is larger than the male. 

 Total length 27 inches, culmen 5-4. 



Chick. Similar to that of A. oiveni, but the brown portion of the 

 feathers a shade darker. (3Ius. Rothschild.) 



Hah. Central South Island and West of North Island. 



