PAM: APT ERYGIDZ: 3 
Bibliography. Buller, Hist. Birds New Zealand 2nd. Ed. Vol. 2, pp. 308-332 (1888); Parker, Phil. 
Trans. Vol. 182, pp. 25-134 (1891); Rothschild, Bull. Brith. Ormith. Club, Vol. 1. pp. 59-62 
(1893): Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 27, pp. 603-612 (1895); Rothschild and Beddard, 
Novit. Zool. Vol. 6, pp. 361-402 (1899): Sharpe, Hand-list Birds, Vol. 1, p 7 (1899); Pycraft, 
Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 15, pp. 149-290 (1900); Buller, Suppl. Birds New Zealand, Vol. r, 
pp. 1-30 (1905); Rothschild, Verhandl. V. Intern. Ornith. Kongr. pp. 152-153, 657, 163 (1912). 
The dftervgid@ consist of a single Genus. 
GENUS APTERYX SHAW 
Apteryx Shaw, Nat. Misc. Vol. 24, pl. 1057-1058 (1813). 
Synonym : Apfernyx Swainson, Nat. Hist. and Class. Birds, Vol. 2, p. 346 (1837). 
Type : Aptervx australis australis Shaw. 
Characters. The same as those of the Family. 
Geographical Distribution. New Zealand : North and South Islands, Stewart Island. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES 
A. General plumage brown. The feathers of the upper parts longitudinally striped. 
a. Size smaller; culmen, less than 170 mam. 
a’. Lighter, more greyish. Feathers of the neck softer . . . . . . i. A. AUSTRALIS AUSTRALIS. 
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b. Size larger; culmen, till 200 mm. . AUSTRALIS LAWRYI. 
B. General plumage greyish. The feathers transversally barred, 
c. Svze smaller. Plumage lighter. Light bars narrower. 
ce’. Smaller. Dark bars of the feathers lighter 
d’. Larger. Dark bars of the feathers heavier, move conspicuous . 
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d. Size larger. Plumage darker. Light bars wider . OWENI HAASTI. 
1. Apteryx australis australis Shaw (Plate, Fig. 1-3). South Isl., New Zealand. 
Apteryx australis Shaw, Nat. Misc. Vol. 24, pl. 1057-1058 (1813). 
Apteryx australis Buller, Hist. B. New Zeal. 2nd. Ed. Vol. 2, p. 322 (1888). 
Apteryx australis Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 27, p. 604 (1895). 
Apteryx australis Sharpe, Hand-list Birds, Vol. 1, p. 7 (1899). 
Apteryx australis Rothschild /part.), Novit. Zool. Vol. 6, p. 362 (180). 
Aptervx australis Buller, Suppl. B. New Zeal. Vol. 1, p. 2 (1905). 
Apteryx australis australis Rothschild, Verhandl.V. Intern. Ornith. Kongr. p. 152 (1912). 
2. Apteryx australis mantelli Bartlett. North Isl., New Zealand. 
Apleryx mantell: Bartlett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1850. p. 275, pl. 30, fig 3-4, pl. 31, 
fiy. 2. 
Apteryx bulleri Sharpe, Proc. Wellington Phil. Soc. 1885, p. 6. 
Apteryx bulleri Buller, Hist. B. New Zeal. 2nd. Ed. Vol. 2, p. 308. pl (188s). 
Apteryx mantelli Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 27, p. 607 (1895). 
Apterya mantelli Sharpe, Hand-list Birds, Vol. 1, p. 7 (1899). 
Aptervx australis mantelli Rothschild, Novit. Zool. Vol. 6, p. 360, pl. 10 (1890). 
Apleryx manteli Buller, Suppl. B. New Zeal. Vol. 1, p 12 (1905). 
Apteryx bulleri Buller, ibidem, 1. 17 (1905). 
Apteryx austyalis mantellt Rothschild, Verhand1. V. Intern. Ornith. Kongr. p. 152 (1912) 
Se Apteryx australis lawryi Rothschild. Stewart Isl., New Zealand. 
Apteryy maxima Buller, Trans. New Zeal. [nst. Vol. 23. p. 602 (1891). 
Apteryy lawryt Rothschild, Bull. Brit Ornith. Club, Vol. 1, p. 61 (1893). 
