notornis

[Gr. notos =the south, and ornis =a bird.] Zool. & Palæont .: Notornis man tell i , a gigantic Coot, with rudimentary wings, from the Post-Ter tiary geological formations of New Zealand, which may po ibly be still living. A living example was taken by some sealers in Dusky Bay in 1859, and de scribed by Mr. Walter Mantell. The head, throat, and under-surface dark-blue; rump, upper tail coverts, le wing coverts, and scapulars brownish green; wing-feathers blue, with broad terminal bands of verditer-green; bill bright red, tarsi and toes lighter, claws horn-color. *not-or-y, a. [Fr. notoire =notorious (q. v.).) Notorious.