Discovery of Living *Notornis* - Walter Mantell, New Zealand, Joseph Wolf

Notornis mantelli - owen illustration (modern-day porphyrio hochstetteri or south island takahē) from notice of the discovery by mr walter mantell in the middle island of new zealand, of a living specimen of the notornis, a bird of the rail family, allied to brachypteryx, and hitherto unknown to naturalists except in a fossil state, 1850. Notornis Mantelli Owen