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VEUTEBRATA. 



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TUB OCYDKOMUS AUSTRALIS 



Genus OCYDROMITS : Ocydromus. — This includes the 0. Austrahs — Rallus trogodytes of 

 Gmcliu — seventeen inches long; color brown; it flies badly, but runs with great swiftness; never j 

 takes to the water, scratches the earth like a hen, and feeds on worms and grubs. Found in New 

 Zealand. 



THE NOTORNIS MANTELLI. 



Genus NOTORXIS : N'otomis. — To this belongs the Notomis MantclU, a species of peculiar j 



