2
2
25 Black-tailed Native-Hen, Gallinule (e), Tribonyx ventralis, A.
Mig. flocks, occ. r. lagoons, rivers 15
Upper brown; under bluish-gray; white marks conspicuous on flanks; upper-bill light-green; lower red at base; legs brick-red; runs, seldom flies; f., sim. Water-animals, seeds.
1
8
26[*] Black Moor-Hen (-Gallinule), Gallinula tenebrosa, N.G., A. =vt. cos. Gallinule.
Stat. c. lagoons, rivers 15
Grayish-black; back deep-brown; under tail white at sides; scarlet garter above knee; base bill, plate on forehead blood-red; no white on flanks; jerks tail; f., smaller. Water-animals, plants.
2
16
27[*] Bald-Coot, Purple Gallinule, Black-backed Water (Swamp, Macquarie) Hen, Pukeko, Redbill (e), Porphyrio melanonotus, N.G., A., T., Norfolk Is., Lord Howe Is., N.Z. =vt. cos. bird.