a2 BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
85. OCYDROMUS EARLI. Gray. C.M, 
Wood Hen. Weka. 
BrownisH rufous, streaked with brownish black ; chin, cheeks, throat, 
and abdomen, grey ; breast, tinged with rufous; quills, black, margined 
on the outer, and irregularly banded on the inner web with reddish fulvous. 
Peo W., 13. B.-bib5) RR, 2a 
North Island. 
86. OCYDROMUS FUSCUS. Dubus. Cc. M. 
Black Wood Hen. 
O. nigricans. BULLER. O. bracypterus. BULLER. 
Buack, each feather margined with reddish brown ; throat, sides of the 
face and abdomen, dark grey ; quills, brownish black, with a few spots 
of reddish brown on the inner webs. 
eC OW is Be 22 bee 25. 
West Coast of South Island. 
Rapiys, 0, 
Bit, longer than the head ; wings, short, second and third quills the 
longest ; tail, short, rounded; tarsi, shorter than the middle toe ; toes, 
long, slender, free at the base ; hind toe, short. 
All parts of the world. 
87. RALLUS PECTORALIS. Less. C.M. 
Striped Rail. Mohopereru. 
R. assimilis. GRAY. 
ABOVE, brownish olive, spotted with white ; breast, abdomen and sides, 
white, barred with black, and with an irregular band of buff on the 
breast ; throat and sides of the face, grey ; a line of rufous through the 
eye to to the nape; quills, dark brown banded with rufous. 
eee Ao SW. 00,3 By. 10°: 'T, 1:5; 
Very variable both in color and dimensions. 
Egg.—Cream color, spotted with dark and light chestnut and grey ; 
length, 1°5 ; breadth, 1-2. 
Both Islands, Australia, Polynesia, Celebes, Phillipine Islands. 
