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THE ANIMxVLS OF NEW ZEALxVND 



The Macquarie Island Rail. 



Hypotae iiidia macquariensis. 



Like the last species, but the back with very few spots and the 

 abdomen dirty white. Eye brick red. Macquarie Island. 



Dieffenbach's Eail. 



(Toy. Erebus and Terror.) 



The Auckland Islands Rail. 



Hypotae nidia muelleri. 



Upper surface, reddish, brighter on the back, streaked with black; 

 below, rufous; abdomen, black, each feather with two white bands and 

 tipped with rufous. Length of wing, 3.3 in.; of the tarsus, 1.1 in. 

 Auckland Islands. 



Genus Cahalus. 



Bill much curved. Plumage loose. Wings very short; quills 

 soft, the fourth and fifth longest ; wing coverts long. Tarsi 

 shorter than the middle toe. 



