568 BIRDS or AUSTRALIA. 



Sp. 19. APTERYX AUSTRALIS, Shaw'? 



Kiwi Kiwi. 



Apteryx australis, Shaw, Nat. Misc., vol. xxiv. pis. 1057. 1058? 

 Apteryx, Temm. Man. d'Orn., 2nd edit. Anal. p. cxiv. ? 

 Apterous Penguin, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. x. p. 394 ? 

 Dromiceius novcR-zelandm, Less. Man. d'Orn., torn. ii. p. 210 ? 

 Kiwi-Kiwi, Aborigines of New Zealand. 



Apteryx australis, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. vi. pi. 2. 



In the * Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London ' 

 for the year 1850, Mr. Bartlett has recorded bis opinion that 

 two species of Apteryx have been confounded under tbe above 

 specific name, and if this view be correct it is probable that 

 the bird figured by me is the one he has named A. manfelli. 



" In calling the attention of the Meeting," said Mr. Bart- 

 lett, " to the large collection of specimens of the genus Jpte- 

 ryx on the table, I beg to state that I have been led to make 

 a careful examination of all the individuals I could find in the 

 various collections in London and elsewhere in consequence of 

 an Apteryx belonging to Dr. Mantell having been placed in my 

 hands by that gentleman a few days since, which appeared 

 to me to differ from all that I had before seen. As a care- 

 ful comparison of this bird with the specimens above men- 

 tioned fully justified me in considering it as a distinct species, 

 I was about to describe it as a new one ; but most for- 

 tunately I heard that the original specimen, figured and de- 

 scribed by Dr. Shaw, and to which he applied the name of 

 Apteryx australis, was in the collection of the "Earl of Derby 

 at Knowsley. It is with much pleasure I acknowledge his 

 Lordship's kindness in honouring me with the loan of the 

 bird, which has enabled me to identify the large Apteryx 

 belonging to Dr. Mantell as pertaining to this species, and also 

 to determine most satisfactorily the distinctive characters of 

 the common species, which is considerably smaller, and to 



