APPENDIX. 573 



volume of the * Transactions of the Zoological Society of 

 London.' 



It is said to be an inhabitant of all the islands of New 

 Zealand, particularly the southern end of the middle island. 



Face and throat greenish brown, all the remainder of the 

 plumage consisting of long lanceolate hair-like feathers, of a 

 chestnut-brown colour, margined on each side with blackish 

 brown ; on the lower part of the breast and belly the feathers 

 are lighter than those of the upper surface, and become of a 

 grey tint; bill yellowish horn-colour, its base beset with 

 numerous long hairs ; feet yellowish brown. 



Sp. 20. APTERYX OWENII, Gould. 



Owen's Apteryx. 

 Ajjteryx owenii, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part xv. p. 94. 



Apteryx owenii, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. vi. pi. 3. 



The acquisition of a new species of Apteryx is an evidence 

 that our knowledge of the natural productions of New Zealand 

 is far from complete. 



The specimen from which my description was taken was 

 sent to me by Mr. P. Strange, of Sydney, in 1850 ; since 

 that time several others have come under my notice, all of 

 which were from the South Island of New Zealand. 



It is rendered conspicuously different from the A. mistraUs, 

 with which it accords in size, by the irregular transverse 

 barring of the entire plumage, which, together with its 

 extreme density and hair-like appearance, gives it more the 

 resemblance of a mammal than of a bird ; it has also a shorter, 

 more slender, and more curved bill; and the feathers also 

 differ in structure, being broader throughout, especially at 

 the tip, and of a loose decomposed and hair-like texture. 



" In the spurs of the Southern Alps, on Cook's Strait, in the 

 province of Nelson," says Dr. Hochstetter, " that is, in the 

 higher wooded mountain-valleys of the Wairau chain, and 



