Crossword-Solution: NOTORNIS
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| Notornis | n. | A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct. |
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| FLIGHTLESS bird (genus) | 2 answers |
| Flightless bird of New Zealand | 3 answers |
| Flightless bird | 24 answers |
| New Zealand bird | 29 answers |
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Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.) Defn: A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct.
Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island.
The remains have since been obtained in great profusion, and the result of further investigations by the Professor has been the establishment of three other genera, viz., _Palapteryx_, _Nestor_, and _Notornis_,--the latter a large bird allied to the Rails and Coots.
Perceiving the trail of a large and unknown bird on the snow, with which the ground was then covered, they followed the footprints till they obtained a sight of the _Notornis_, which their dogs instantly pursued, and, after a long chase, caught alive in the gully of a sound behind Resolution Island.
New Zealand has also yielded many flightless birds, notably the numerous species and genera of _Dinornithidae_, some of which survived into the 19th century (see MOA); _Pseudapteryx_ allied to the _Kiwi; Cnemiornis_, a big, flightless goose; _Aptornis_ and _Notornis_, flightless rails; and _Harpagornis_, a truly gigantic bird of prey with tremendous wings and talons.