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PACHYORNIS PYGMAEUS ( hutt.) 



Euryapterxy pygmaeus Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV, p. 739 (1892). 



AS implied by its name, this is the smallest species of Pachyornis, the 

 tarso-metatarsus only measuring 6 inches in length. The type came 

 from Takaka. 

 Habitat : Middle Island, New Zealand. 



PACHYORNIS COMPACTA ( hutt.) 



Euryapteryx compacta Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXV, p. 11 (1893). 



APPROACHES nearest to pygmaeus in size, but can be at once distinguished 

 by the distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus not being expanded inwards. 

 The tarso-metatarsus has the trochleae considerably more expanded than 

 in pygmaeus. 



Type from Enfield in New Zealand. 

 Habitat : Middle Island, New Zealand. 



