BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND NOT FIGURED BY BULLER. 
and an indistinct bar near the extremity of each feather ; scapulars deep olive-brown, 
with large spots and frecklings of black and margined on the sides with white ; lower back 
rump and upper tail-coverts olive-brown, indistinctly freckled with dull brown; wing- 
coverts like the scapulars ; bastard wing ash-brown, narrowly margined with white; 
primary-quills uniform ash-brown ; tail-feathers dark brown, barred with rufous; lores 
and a line continued over the eyes to the back of the head buff ; sides of face, cheeks, sides 
and front of neck rich buff, broadly streaked at the tip with dusky-black; ear-coverts 
rufous, tipped with black ; chin and upper throat buffy-white ; chest, breast and abdomen 
creamy-white ; sides of body, flanks and thighs rufous-buff, barred with lighter buff; 
under tail-coverts creamy-white; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, barred with 
dusky. Eyes blackish; ' bill greyish-brown ; legs and feet pale brown. Total length 
about 190 ram. : cuhnen 44, wing 99, tail 36, tarsus 23. Chatham Islands, May 5th, 
1892 ('pusilla) figured right-hand figure. 
Adult female. Top of the head dark umber-brown, with a band of rich buff down the middle; 
back of the neck olive-brown, broadly margined with rich buff ; mantle and scapulars 
brownish-black, each feather margined' with golden-buff or straw-colour; lower back and 
rump chestnut-browm tipped with buff ; upper tail-coverts rufous-black; wing-coverts 
olive-brown, margined with buff and with concentric barrings of black; primary quills 
ash-brown, slightly margined on the outer web with buff ; secondaries ash-browm, with 
concentric bars of black and rufous-buff ; tail-feathers dark ash-brown, with concentric 
markings of rufous-buff ; lores vinous-buff, spotted with black, a streak of black from the 
base of the upper mandible through the eyes ; sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, chin and 
throat rufous-buff, minutely spotted with black ; sides of neck, fore-neck, chest and breast 
rufous-buff, with streaks and wavy bars of blackish-browm ; abdomen isabelline-buff; 
sides of body, flanks, thighs and under tail-coverts rufous-buff, broadty barred with brownish- 
black ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dark ash, tipped with pale buff. Iris dark; 
feet greyish-brovm. Total length about 230 mm. : culmen 56, wing 106, tail 44, tarsus 25. 
Snares island, January 2nd, 1901 (fig. Buller) (huegeli) figured bottom left-hand figure. 
Adult female. Fore-head and crown of the head blackish-brown, slightly margined with buff 
and withaband of rich buff down the centre of the crown, and another broad band of the 
same colour from the base of the upper mandible passing through the eyes to the back of 
the crowm; feathers of the back of the neck, back, rump and upper tail-coverts chestnut- 
buff, witn a large patch of black towards the extremity of each feather ; scapulars similar 
but margined on the sides with golden straw-colour ; wing-coverts like the back but duller 
in coloration ; primary-quills ash-brown, narrowly fringed on the outer web with whitish 
buff ; innermost secondaries freckled and w r ashed on the outer web with rufous-buff; tail- 
feathers ash-brow'n, slightly margined on the outer web with whitish ; chin and upper 
throat warm buff ; sides of neck, fore-neck, chest and breast rich buff, marked and spotted 
with blackish-brown ; abdomen isabelline-buff ; sides of body, flanks and thighs rufous- 
buff, with concentric bars and markings of blackish-brown ; under tail-coverts rich buff; 
under wing-coverts and axillaries wiiitish-buff with dusky markings. Total length about 
220 mm. : culmen 61, -wing 102, tarsus 28. Antipodes Island, February 28th, 1899 
(meinertzhagence ) figured top left-hand figure. 
Adult pu8illa. Similar to G. a. aucklandica , but smaller and lighter in general coloration, especially 
the wing-coverts, which have no black middles. Chatham Island. 
Adult iredalei. Like C. a. aucklandica , but the upper-parts much darker and the sides and flanks 
barred, not limulated. Culmen 59 mm., wing 102, tail 32, tarsus 26. Jackless Island, 
South Island, New Zealand. 
Adult meinertzliagence. Similar to C. a. aucklandica , but darker on the mantle. Cuhnen 59 mm., 
wing 107, tail 36, tarsus 28. Antipodes Island. 
Adult huegeli. Upper-parts most like C . a. meinertzhagencc , but the breast, belly, flanks and thighs 
barred with dusky-black. Culmen 53 mm., wing 102, tail 41, tarsus 24. Snares Island. 
“This Snipe lias all the habits of the Rail, feeding at night and making a 
twittering noise while so doing. During the day it hides in hollow trees and 
in bunches of thick undergrowth—in fact, wherever it is dark. When the 
young are first hatched they feed in the daytime; but in about a week they 
feed at night ” 
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