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Present distribution of the so called Ratitae. \R^ 



Foreneck pink in centre, scarlet at 



sides; hindneck blue Q, loriae. 



Foreneck entirely pink; hindneck and 



sides of neck yellow C. roseigularis. 



Foreneck blue, chin and upper throat 



20 ^ C . picticollis picticollis. 



Foreneck entirely blue; hindneck blue No. 21. 

 Foreneck blue, hindneck red No. 23. 



J I Sides of neck crimson C. picticollis hechi. 



\ Sides of neck deep purple No. 22. 



Foreneck without round dark crim- 

 son patch (7, hennetti hennetti. 



Foreneck with round dark crimson 



P^*^'"* C. hennetti maculatus. 



I Large black and pink patch on sides 



23 of throat below ear C. papuanus edwardsi. 



' No large black and pink patch . . . . C. papuanus papuanus. 



Aptéryx. 



^ f Plumage striated No. 2. 



\ Plumage barred No. 3. 



Plumage lighter, more reddish; 



feathers of neck softer, less bristly A. australis australis. 

 Plumage darker, more blackish; 



feathers of neck harsher, more 



"^^^^v A. australis mantelli. 



Larger; more brown, with wider light 



t'^rs ^^ haasti. 



Smaller; greyer with narrower light 



bars No. 4. 



Smaller; bars on feathers less distinct, 



more irregular and more or less V 



shaped ^^ oweni oweni. 



Larger; bars on feathers more distinct, 



wider and more regular A. oweni occidentalis. 



Dinomis. 



Length. 



Tarso-metatarsus 21.5 inches B. alius. 



f Tarso-metatarsus 20 inches 



ITibio-tarsus 37.5—39.2 inches . . . . D. maximus. 



f Tarso-metatarsus 17.5 — 19 inches 



ITibio-tarsus 35 inches ......... B. giganteus. 



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