2 so ELEMENTS OF OE3!fITHOIiOG-Y. 



•Weka Eail* (Oeydromus) and a species of the remarkable 

 Water-hen genus Motomis lately mentioned (iV. Mantelli) t are 

 also very noteworthy peculiar forms, as is also the Parson-bird 

 {Prosihemadera novce zelandice) and the Huia-bird {Heteralocha) J. 

 The interesting genus of Parrots — Nestor — is also peculiar to 

 the Island, except the species already mentioned as inhabiting 

 Phillip Island. It is one of those — the Kea Parrot (N. nota-r 

 bilis) — which is so destructive to sheep, as we have already 

 stated §. A genus of Ducks {Nesonetta) is said to be peculiar to 

 the Auckland Islands. 



* P. 63. t L. 0. Almost if not quite extinct now. 



I See ante, p. 95. § See ante, p. 73, 



