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 * Ocydromus sp. Hamilton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXV, p. 103 (1893).


 * Ocydromus minor Hamilton (nec. Forbes) l.c.

HIS species is nearest allied to sylvestris Scl., which has quite erroneously been placed in the genus Cabalus by Dr. Sharpe; sylvestris will have to form the type of a new genus, but until the skull of minor is known I prefer to leave the latter temporarily in Ocydromus.

The present species is known from two pelves, seven femora, six tibiae, and five metatarsi, as well as the front portion of a sternum. The measurements all show that minor was a slightly larger form than sylvestris, but owing to having a much shorter tibio-tarsus it must have been a much stumpier bird.

Habitat: Middle Island, New Zealand. Extinct.


 * Ocydromus insignis Forbes, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV, p. 188 (1892—insufficient description).

HIS bird "far exceeded in size any of the existing species of Ocydromus." That is all that is published about this bird.

Habitat: Middle Island, New Zealand.