. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . M£/iD, n/.vc /i/VO FOOT Of APTERYX 53 the natural history of New Zealand. The characters which distinguish itfrom Shaws Ap. australis are,— its smaller size, its darker and more rufouscolour, its longer tarsus which is scutellated in front, its shorter toes andclaws which are horn coloured, its smaller wings Avhich have much strongerand thicker qnills ; and also in having long straggling hairs on the face. Mr. Bartlett stated further, that the Apteryx belonging to Dr. Mantellwas collected by his son, in Dusky Bay, whence the origina
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . M£/iD, n/.vc /i/VO FOOT Of APTERYX 53 the natural history of New Zealand. The characters which distinguish itfrom Shaws Ap. australis are,— its smaller size, its darker and more rufouscolour, its longer tarsus which is scutellated in front, its shorter toes andclaws which are horn coloured, its smaller wings Avhich have much strongerand thicker qnills ; and also in having long straggling hairs on the face. Mr. Bartlett stated further, that the Apteryx belonging to Dr. Mantellwas collected by his son, in Dusky Bay, whence the original bird, figured anddescribed by Dr. Shaw, was also obtained, and that so far as he had been ableto ascertain, all the known specimens of Aj). Mantelli were from the NorthIsland. In a Report on the present state of our Knowledge of the Species ofApteryx, by Drs. Sclater and Hochstetter, read at a meeting of the BritishAssociation, in September, 1861, and published for genei*al information in theNew Zealand Gazette, in May, 1862, the following observation
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