TRIB@M¥X MORTIERI , DuBus.
Mortier’s Tribonyx.
Tribonyx Mortierii, Tin Bn slrBuiK'A List of Gen. of Birds,
2nd Edit. p. 92.—List of Birds in Br it_ \1 us GojJ , Part III. p. 122.
Brachjptralius ralloides, I ifres. ?
pNjiVr //-nfc il til ( r
Tin^bQn'l' is^rith'e^ abundantly dispersed over Van Piemen’s I^o d ..b ttt'f i y K tbe extreme shyness of its
dispu'ititgmgwffinf 'ion swampy aijdaalimtotljinuiH'SMlilc uutureui rid' summons it frtguents, it is seldom
^ tf if f i^w S in S f o b 'i rtirs. A » 3 lu< nifties it d fu t ne marsh lands and^tfie sedgy banks of rivers and
inim g ^BlS iy a'' d.dly seen. 1 stay on thejfioternmem^demesne -t \ i u Norfolk, where it;
frequently left its *i (ley rt trrntj*ym!; vv dkul .ilmnL tin- piJthWjMjnhei parts ofTlio g irden, with tail erect
-IHcV'iti^SlnSmJpM Hell; tomffierey h<Vj§5?L rim gi. itey .ijM ^ S K tinn. and quictudcijM-re necessary to
EiiitBffliShijrltE'it i 1 ir coifs IffTiT»L must' n mot uncut 43 t&dbl Vi piuons, jndSinah inefont it vanished
K^K^SSis'iijttriiMidiu lit niriTnu^mUc^m tintl>i 1“ fifflf f iy mli%Oiiifnot tguin'emerire mfiffidll apparent
tueyo'jlVtr alarm was pist.
HEMri^^ pSaip^uii puitnraltmnsote^ffirilei:: bird are*]m8®fij3p“.vLluped in proportion to itftn®r, and it
S w n s u cW ipW l i r i '?m i rhejulierdi mdfrjreju»* in V t^ lA ^ t r e m e l y f c j g f e , and hence
U y ^wenKBnnmm^ibi\ r j aiSil,V^d upup thi-fpirtvcr il in unit dcpuids^tqrt sc< nrity from molestation,
rts haMti andgene^t marmml are very simile g<emfol tils1 Mnorlnu (G a lfau la ch lm p us) of Europe,
huflit d o e ^M ^ K i^ i^ '^m > t> ’ 11,1111 >' IS 'h»l lin'd.’? li" ih ^ rh a ^ P 1“ ' 1-11 W th ^ ^ ^ n o n horsehair
JtHjSe hwvvhfrigrnraps*0100 oh’iay speciimiis .veri, p r o e u t^ o |
l l n uiali i s ^ ^ t 't l n 2 v P onnd» IR w c t h e stum u li-'ot Iho-e-f i/sunniied »ere. extremely thick
'm t£ muscular, anjTcc&tained agnatic plants and infpetsf gravel, &c.
Th< nc^tr'vthiSf h^yliv Ijmjjm1 to that o f l [M b o ; l i e i> v- formi dddt.uhnmih "of rushes placed on the
'hoGleriijr .c h r^ s r?m : «juiil lr'fmthose.Wilelfefi^hes, areseven in number, two
s t o 4 ® B f f l a r t e d # over with-ibinlj
'dispertuiy ijrl egnlnrly shaped,rasEvariotisJy sized spolsjuudrldnujii wof dark elt^Jgnthrown. r*i'
The V x e ^ a r f i j ik e in appearance, bg|$|ie fem.de colour than
the male. • ' \
AJlthe upper surtici g r iy i -h v ^ w a * h e d wtrh chgsihjii;hro>vmui>a^hjud,>baekp M e S a t, back, and
'thStips ( i‘ % s p l j ^ p ,* p ^ t j & h L p kub brown; tail deep b la c k : u g te g s« r fa< ^m sh slateamlour,
p a lan g into Id a cV'^ S ahe lciiiie r and unds.r fculTovu-ls, flarir&gib|p| largely tjfped'^fth white, forming
,'S r ^ mark on eggb s id e i^ n hV p u rp lish grey; ir irt (V o% :g r e d 3^ p r^ 'e n i'-£ yellow; legs and
feet leads# ,
The figures a r e o f the natural sise^gjt