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CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS. 



I. — Zoology. 



Art. I. On the Classification and Mutual Relations of the pages 

 Dinornithidce. By Professor T. Jeffery Parker, 

 F.R.S. . . . . . . . . . . 1—3 



II. On the Presence of a Crest of Feathers in certain 



Species of Moa. By Professor T. Jeffery Parker 3-6 



III. On New Species of Moas. By Captain F. W. Hutton, 



F.R.S. .. .. .. .. .. G-13 



IV. On Anomaloptcryx antiqua. By Captain F. W. Hutton 14-16 

 V. The Moas and the Moa-hunters. By Monsieur A. de 



Quatrefages. Translated from the French by 

 Laura Buller : communicated by Sir Walter L. 

 Buller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. .. .. .. 17-49 



VI. Notes on Mus maorium, Hutton, with Exhibition of 



Specimen. By Sir Walter L. Buller . . . . 49-50 



VII. Note on the Bats of New Zealand. By Sir Walter 



L. Buller . . . . . . . . . . 50-52 



VIII. Note on the Flightless Rail of the Chatham Islands 



(Cabalus viodestus). By Sir Walter L. Buller . . 52-53 

 IX. Notes on New Zealand Birds. By Sir Walter Buller 53-63 

 X. Further Notes on the Birds of New Zealand. By Sir 



Walter Buller .. .. .. .. 63-8S 



XL On the Fissures and Caves at the Castle Rocks, South- 

 land : with a Description of the Remains of the 

 Existing and Extinct Birds found in them. By 

 A. Hamilton . . . . . . . . 88-106 



XII. Notes on Birds. By R. I. Kingsley . . . . 107-108 



XIII. On the Occurrence of the Luth, or Leathery Turtle, 

 on the Coasts of New Zealand. By T. F. Cheese- 

 man, F.L.S. .. .. .. .. 108-110 



XIV. On a Specimen of Sunfish captured at Poverty Bay. 



By Archdeacon W. L. Williams . . . . 110-111 



XV. Further Notes on New Zealand Earthworms, with 

 Observations on the known Aquatic Species. By 

 W. W. Smith . . . . . . . . 111-146 



XVI. Contributions to the Molluscan Fauna of New Zea- 

 land. By H. Suter : communicated by Professor 

 Hutton .. .. .. .. .. 147-153 



XVII. Notes on New Zealand Insects. By H. Suter: com- 

 municated by Professor Hutton . . . . 153-155 



XVIII. An Enumeration of the Janellida. By C. Hedley, 

 F.L.S. , Assistant in Zoology, Australian Museum: 

 communicated by Professor Hutton . . . . 156-1G2 



XIX. Synonymical Notes on New Zealand Cicadldce. By 



G. V.Hudson, F.E.S. .. .. ..162-163 



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