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eggs of the southern Ostrich as being smoother than those of 

 the northern bird ; but I believe this to be a lapsus calami, as 

 the series of eggs on which the observation was founded, and 

 which are still in the possession of Mr. Bartlett, show that the 

 contrary is the fact^ and that Mr. Tristram^s statement is 

 correct. 



Mr. Sclater's paper is accompanied by a fine plate of the male 

 of StrutJiio camelus ; and it is to be regretted that no equally 

 satisfactory representation of Struthio australis has yet been 

 published. — Ed.] 



