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adding, " I am old-fasLioned enough to be wliolly opposed 

 to the trinomial system of nomenclature, now so much in 

 vogue/' However, as he admitted that his A. bidleri was 

 simply a colour- variation, w^'iting "The range of Apter^x 

 hulleri is co-extensive with that of A ma^iteUi," it will be 

 seen that our present usage of trinomials will not meet the 

 case. We are not by any means satisfied that the forms 

 of North Island Kiwis and their exact distribution are »t 

 present satisfactorily determined. 



Apteryx australis lawryi Rothschild. Stewart Island Kiwi, 



AiJterij.T lawryi Rothschild, Bull, Brit. Orn. Club, vol. i.' 

 1893, p. Ixi : Stewart Island. 



Synonym : — 



Apteryx lawryi Buller, Suppl, vol. i. p. 1. 



Range : — Stewart Island. 



Note: — Though the author of this form has himself 

 rejected it, we think that further research will show the 

 advisability of its retention as a valid subspecies. The 

 majority of well-authenticated specimens show that a larger 

 form is recognisable. Apteryx maxima Bonaparte has been 

 well discussed and can certainly be dismissed as indeter- 

 minal)le. 



Apteryx haastii Potts. Great Grey Kiwi. 



Apteryx haastii Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vol. iv. 

 1872, p. 204 : near Okarito, South Island. 



Synonym : — 



Aptery.r /latisti Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 2o. 



Range : — West Coast Ranges of South Island (breeding). 



Apteryx owenii owenii Guuld. Little Grey Kiwi. 



Apteryx oivenii Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 93 J 

 New Zealand. 



Synonym : — 



Apteryx oireni Buller, Suppl. toI. i. p. 19. 

 Range : — ? Both Islands (breeding). 



