AVEs. 595 



on the iDside of the tarsus, very ^hort and thick; nails long nnd ahgbtly 

 bent ; wings very short, fin-shaped, and destitute of plumes. 



Sjiheniscus chrt/socomc. — The Cre.-ted Penguin. Plate xlvii*. fig. 10. De- 

 scribed, vol. iii. p. 393. 



Genus 28.— AFTENOBYTES—Forster. 



Generic Character. — Bill longer than the head, slender, subulate ; upper 

 mandible with an oblique furrow, which is wide at the base, enveloped in a 

 smooth skin ; nostrils near the centre of the bill, placed high ; legs very 

 short, situated far back; feet with three long anterior toes, connected to 

 their tips by a web ; hallux short, articulated at the inner joint of the tar. 

 sns, and directed forward ; nails nearly straight ; wings short, fin-sliaped, 

 having quill feathers only. 



Aptenodytes Patachonica.— The Patagonian Penguin. Plate xlvii*. fig. I'i 

 Described, vol. iii. 394. 



ORDER XVI.— INERTES. 



Bill of varied forms ; body thick, covered with down, and distinctly web. 

 hed feathers; legs placed far behind ; tarsus short; feet with three anterior 

 toes divided to the base ; hallux short, articulated exteriorly ; claws thick 

 and sharp ; wings not fitted for flight. 



Genus 1.— APTERYX.— SAaw. 



Generic Character. — Bill very long, straight, slightly bent from the base, 

 subulate; inflected and gibbous at the tip, soft and furrowed throughout; 

 base covered by a hairy cere ; nostrils situated near the point of the bill, at 

 the end of a furrow ; legs short ; wings rudimentary, and provided with a 

 spur at their termination. 



Apteryx Australis.— The Southern Apteryx. Plate xlvii*. fig. 11. Back 

 of neck, shoulders, back, rump, and sides, dusky-brown ; the rest of the 

 plumage cinereous-gray ; bill and legs yellowish. Two feet anda half long. 

 Inhabits New Zealand. 



Genus 2.—'D\T)VS.—Linn<Bus. 



Generic Character. — Bill long, very strong, broad, and compressed, much 

 bent at the point, and transversely furrowed ; lower mandible straight, gib- 

 bous, and turned upwards towards the point ; nostrils situated in the middle 

 of the bill, diagonal, and placed in a furrow ; tarsus short, very strong ; feet 

 with three anterior toes, divided to their origin; hallux short; claws short, 

 btrong, and bent ; wings short, not formed for flight. 



Bidus ineptui. — The Doiio. Plate xlviii. tg. 7. Described, vol. iii. p. 

 43. 



