_Dinornis novaezealandiae_ Owen, P.Z.S. (1843) p. 8.
_D. struthioides_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. III p. 244 (1844).
_D. strennus_ Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXV p. 8 (1893).
Professor Owen changed the name of this form, but we cannot accept this
change, as it is against the laws of nomenclatorial priority, though we all
appreciate the motive the Professor had in making this change. The type
came from Poverty Bay, but the bird inhabits both islands.
This species had wings.
Habitat: New Zealand.
A nearly perfect skeleton in the Tring Museum from Waitomo district,
Auckland, New Zealand.
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