_Cnemiornis calcitrans_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. V, p. 396 (1865).
"The type species. Very considerably larger than the existing _Cereopsis
novaehollandiae_, with the limbs relatively much stouter and shorter"
(Lydekker).
Height of back from ground 26 inches.
Length from beak to tail 34 "
Habitat: Middle Island, New Zealand.
For full description see Trans. N. Z. Inst. VI, pp. 76-84, pls. X-XII
(1874). {98}
"CNEMIORNIS GRACILIS" FORBES.
_Cnemiornis gracilis_ Forbes, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV, p. 187 (1892)
(_Nomen nudum_).
"A most elegantly moulded goose from the North Island." Unfortunately this
is all that has been published about this form!
Habitat: North Island, New Zealand.