BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. ao 
88. RALLUS DIEFFENBACHII. Gray. 
LIKE pectoralis, but the back is banded with buff and black, and the 
under tail coverts are deep rufous, banded with black. 
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Chatham Islands. 
ORTYGOMETRA. J. 
Like fallus, but the bill shorter than the head. 
All parts of the world. 
89. * ORTYGOMETRA CREX. L. C.M. 
Rallus Featherston. ButEer. 
ABove, reddish grey, marked with dark brown; throat white ; breast, 
sives of the head, anda line over the eye, grey ; sides and thighs, bright 
ferruginous, barred with white ; wings, rufous, pale chestnut at the 
flexure ; abdomen, yellowish. 
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The ferruginous on the thighs is brighter than European examples. 
Said to have been killed near Nelson. 
Europe, Asia, Cape of Good Hope, North America, Azores, 
Bermudas. 
90. ORTYGOMETRA AFFINIS. Gray. C.M. 
Spotted Rail. Koitareki. 
ABOVE, brown, spotted with white and varied with black ; below, light 
grey ; sides, thighs, and abdomen, barred with black and white ; legs, 
feet, and bill, brownish green. 
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Both Islands. 
91. *ORTYGOMETRA FLUMINEA. Gould. C.M. 
ABOVE, brownish olive, spotted with white and varied with black on 
the back of the head; throat, breast, and upper abdomen, slate blue ; 
thighs and lower abdomen, black, barred with white ; under tail coverts, 
white. 
Horo Ns i Oi Dn LD, 
Suid to have been killed in the Province of Auckland. 
Australia, and Tasmania. 
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