BIRDS. 197 



Soc., 1841 ; Birds of Austr., pi. Himantopus 

 melas ( ? .) Homb. et Jacq. Ann. des Sci. Nat, 

 1841, 320. 



Tutumata of the natives of Port Nicholson. Dieffen- 

 back. 



Fam. RALLIDJE. 



55. Ocydromus Australis. Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. ; 



G. R. Gray, List of Genera of Birds, p. 91. Forst. 

 Icon, ined., t. 126. Rallus Australis. Sparrm. Mus. 

 Carl., t. 14 ; Lath. Ind. Orn., ii. 756 ; Vieill. Ency. 

 Meth., 1067. Rallus troglodytes. Gmel. Syst. Nat., 

 713. Ocydromus. Wagl. 



Weka or Weka-weka of the natives of Cook's Strait, 

 Wood-hen of the Settlers. Dieffenbach. 



56. Rallus assimilis. 



The pectoral buff band on the breast, and rufous colour of the 

 cheeks and on the sides of the neck, are much less prominent 

 than on the Australian specimens, otherwise these birds are very 

 similar. 



Konini of the natives of Cook's Strait. Dieffenbach. 

 Katatai of the natives. Yate and Miss Stone. 



57. Rallus Dieffenbachii. 



Back olive brown, irregularly banded with buff and black; 

 breast and lower posterior part of the neck and breast rufous yel- 

 low, banded transversely with black ; quills, scapulars, under-tail 

 coverts, deep rufous banded with black ; lower part of chest, abdo- 

 men, sides, and jugulum, black banded with white; top, hind 

 part of the head, cheek, and a streak below the eye, olive-brown, 

 the two last tinged with rufous ; a band from the nostril to the 

 middle above the eye white, the continuation of this band behind 

 the eye and throat grey, but white beneath the bill; tail dark 

 brown with longitudinal streaks of deep rufous near the base. 

 Total length 12! inches, bill 1J, wing 5, tail 3j, tarsi 1J. 



Moeriki of the natives of Chatham Islands. Dieffen- 

 bach. 



58. Porphyrio melanotus, Temm. Man. d'Ora. ii. 701. 

 Pukeko of the natives. Yatc, Dieffenbach. 



