NEOMORPHA ACUTIROSTRIS, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
Nernn. rostro gracili, elongato, arcuato, colore corneo, in pliimbeum ad basin transeunte ; carunculis late 
aurantiacis ; corpore toto nigra; caudd large ad apicem alhd. 
Long. tot. unc. ; rostri, ; alee, — ; caudce, 7 ; tarsi, — 
Bill long, slender, arched, of a horn colour for three parts of its length from the tip, dark lead colour 
at the base ; pendent wattles rich orange ; general plumage black ; tail largely tipped with white. 
Neomorpha acutirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837 ; with Gen. Char. 
Habitat. New Zealand. 
NEOMORPHA CRASSIROSTRIS, Gould. 
Fig. 2. 
Neom. rostro siibarcuato, valido, acuta, cornea colore, in plumbeum ad basin transeunte ; corpore nigro; 
caudd large ad apicem alba. 
Long. tot. 17^ unc. ; rostri, 2\ ; ala, — ; caiidce, 7|-; tarsi, — . 
Bill slightly arched, strong, pointed, of a light horn colour for three parts of its length from the tip, 
the remainder deep lead colour ; all the plumage black ; tail largely tipped with white. 
Neomorpha acutirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837- 
Remark. It is to be regretted that the only examples known of both these species are imperfect, 
wanting the feet and the greater portion of the wings : they form a part of the Zoological Society's 
collection, and were obtained from the captain of a vessel, who had received them from a native chief 
in New Zealand. 
Habitat. New Zealand. 
