Alfred Newton, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 24… (1911)
“ The nest and eggs seem never to have been found, and indeed no example of the female of either species is known to have been procured, whence that sex may be inferred to escape observation by its inconspicuous appearance and retiring habits. ”
Alfred Newton, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 24… (1911)
“ Later, however, it was given its modern name Atrichornis clamosa and on account of the discovery of its peculiar sternum (made by A. Newton) it was removed from Oscine division of the Passeres, and the family Atrichornithidae in the sub-oscine division of Passeres was made for the genus, the nearest ally being the lyre-bird (q.v.) ”
