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brown. Fed on leaves of forest-trees ; their legs were too long 
to allow them to eat off the ground. Bones full of marrow. 
“ Kiwi Papa Whenua. 7 feet high. One of the last birds to 
disappear. There are still living men who have hunted it. 
“ Tokoeka. 3 feet high. Bright red [!]. Inhabited only the 
snowy mountains in the neighbourhood of Otago. 
“ Po-waka-i .' 10 feet high. Lived on carrion as well as 
plants. Peculiar to the Middle Island. 
“ Kiwi Mokemoke. 3 feet high. A solitary ash-coloured bird, 
with a long curved bill. These are all the traditions of the pre¬ 
ceding five birds to be relied on. It is highly probable that this 
species and other smaller ones yet exist among the wild unex¬ 
plored mountain-ranges of the Middle Island. 
“ Great Apteryx (Kiwi Parure), Apteryx major. Inhabits 
forests and mountains. A night bird. By imitating its call, it 
is attracted, and then caught wfith dogs. It is also caught by 
lighting a large fire, which is sure to attract them. Native report 
says that this and the next-described species do not sit on their 
eggs, but cover them up with leaves, the decomposition and 
fermentation of which, at the expiration of one year, hatches the 
egg. Probably this report is mere fiction, and the bird always 
covers its egg on leaving the nest. This species lays only one 
egg. Its legs are very powerful, sufficiently so as to break the 
leg of a dog. The egg is white, and 3 inches in length. 
“ Little Apteryx (Kiwi Hoihoi). Smaller than the preceding. 
My dogs have caught this bird. Lays two eggs. Habits similar 
to the preceding.”—J. B. Ellman in ‘ Zoologist/ p. 7464 (1861). 
Since the publication of our last Number three members of 
the British Ornithologists’ Union have left our shores. Mr. 
O. Salvin and Mr. F. D. Godman have departed, to continue 
Mr. Salvin’s researches in Guatemala, and thence intend to de¬ 
scend along the Pacific coast to Panama, paying particular 
attention to the fauna of Costa Rica. Mr. A. F. Seaiy has pro¬ 
ceeded to India, being about to become a permanent resident at 
Madras. 
