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VERTEBRATA. 
TUE OCrDKOMUS AUgTRALIS 
Gfenus OCYDROMTJS : Ocydromus. — This includes the 0. Au-stralis — Rallus trogodytes of 
Gmclin — seventeen inches long; color brown; it flies badly, hut runs with great swiftness; never 
takes to the water, scratches the earth like a hen, and feeds on worms and grubs. Found in New 
Zealand. 
THE NOTORMH MANTELLI. 
Genus NOTORNIS : JVoiomis. — To this belongs the Notornis Mantelli, a species of peculiar 
