. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . long as primaries. Notornis. Genus Hypofacnidia. Bill longer than the head. AVings short, second and third quillsthe longest. Tail short. Tarsus shorter than the middle toe;hind toe short. Southern Asia to Australia and Polynesia. Key to the Species. 1. Breast rufous. H. barred with black and white. 2 2. Back spotted with white. H. not spotted. H. macquariensis. THE PECTORAL RAIL 179 The Pectoral Rail.—Moho-pereru. Uupotaenidia philippensis. Above, brownish olive, spotted wi
. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . long as primaries. Notornis. Genus Hypofacnidia. Bill longer than the head. AVings short, second and third quillsthe longest. Tail short. Tarsus shorter than the middle toe;hind toe short. Southern Asia to Australia and Polynesia. Key to the Species. 1. Breast rufous. H. barred with black and white. 2 2. Back spotted with white. H. not spotted. H. macquariensis. THE PECTORAL RAIL 179 The Pectoral Rail.—Moho-pereru. Uupotaenidia philippensis. Above, brownish olive, spotted with white. Breast, abdomen, andsides, black, barred with white, and an irregular band of buff on and sides of the face, grey; a line of rufous through the eyeto the nape. Quills dark brown banded with rufous. Eye reddishbrown. Female—The buff band on the breast is very narrow. Lengthof the wing, in.; of the tarsus, in. Egg—Cream colour, spottedwith dark and light ehestniit and grey; length, in. MalayArchipelago, Australia, New Zealand, and Mangare Rail. ■It. Birds Bi-it. Mus.) These birds live among tangled masses of grass, sedges, andrushes, which border swamps and lagoons. Owing to their shyand retiring disposition, they are seldom seen. They run throughthe vegetation with great agility, and never take to flight exceptwhen on the point of being captured by a dog. Even then theyfly a short distance only, with a slow flapping of the wings. Theylive on rank weeds, and swallow sand in order to help make no nest. 180 THE ANIMxVLS OF NEW ZEALxVND The Macquarie Island Rail. Hypotaeiiidia macquariensis. Like the last species, but the back with very few spots and theabdomen dirty white. Eye brick red. Macquarie Island.
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