▁was ▁obtained ▁from ▁Lord ▁How e ▁Island , ▁the ▁proven ance ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁has ▁been ▁unclear ; ▁it ▁was ▁originally ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁come ▁from ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁resulting ▁in ▁tax onom ic ▁confusion . ▁Phill ip ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁bird ▁could ▁also ▁be ▁found ▁on ▁Nor folk ▁Island ▁and ▁elsewhere , ▁but ▁L ath am ▁said ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁found ▁only ▁on ▁Nor folk ▁Island . ▁When ▁the ▁first ▁spec imen ▁was ▁sold ▁by ▁the ▁Le ver ian ▁Museum , ▁it ▁was ▁listed ▁as ▁coming ▁from ▁New ▁Holland ▁( which ▁Australia ▁was ▁called ▁at ▁the ▁time ) — per haps ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁sent ▁from ▁Sydney . ▁A ▁note ▁by ▁the ▁natural ist ▁Ed gar ▁Leopold ▁L ay ard ▁on ▁a ▁contemporary ▁illustr ation ▁of ▁the ▁bird ▁by ▁Captain ▁John ▁Hunter ▁in ac cur ately ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁only ▁lived ▁on ▁Ball ' s ▁Py ram id , ▁an ▁is let ▁off ▁Lord ▁How e ▁Island . ▁ ▁The ▁Zo ologist ▁Co en ra ad ▁Jacob ▁Tem min ck ▁assigned ▁the ▁Lord ▁How e ▁sw am phen ▁to ▁the ▁sw am phen ▁genus ▁P orph y rio ▁as ▁P . ▁al bus ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁zo ologist ▁George ▁Robert ▁Gray ▁considered ▁it ▁an ▁alb ino ▁variety ▁of ▁the ▁Austral as ian ▁sw am phen ▁( P . ▁mel an ot us ) ▁as ▁P . ▁m . ▁vari us ▁al ba ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 4 . ▁The ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁bird ▁was ▁simply