_Dinornis dromioides_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. III. p. 235 (1843).
_Palapteryx dromioides_ Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. der Vög. p. XXX (1850).
_Palapteryx plenus_ Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV p. 122 (1892).
This form also inhabited both islands, but was probably one of the rarest.
The type of _D. dromioides_ came from Poverty Bay, and that of _P. plenus_
from Glenmark.
Habitat: New Zealand.