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D. elephantopus, and D. didiformis, also some boues of other 

 extinct species, such as Cnemiornis, Haptornis, Harpagornis, 

 and Megalapteryx. In the same case a fine collection of 

 representative birds is labelled as exhibited by Mr. William 

 Sparkes; there are also cases of Kakapo, Kaka, and Kea 

 Parrots; and Mr. G. Fydell Rowley sends his celebrated 

 Moa^s egg, said to be unique. Altogether New Zealand 

 makes a very fine show, not merely in ornithology but also 

 in other branches of natural history. Fiji contributes an 

 interesting group of mounted birds. 



In the New World, Canada stands foremost with the fine 

 collections exhibited by the Geological and Natural-History 

 Surveying Department and by Mr. Hubbard, beneath his 

 Rocky Mountain trophy, which no visitor can fail to notice. 

 It contains, besides other objects of interest, three examples 

 of what appears to be the Dwarf Snow-Goose {Chen rossi). 

 Dr. Anderson of Quebec sends one small case of birds. 

 British Guiana exhibits some mounted birds, a small collection 

 of eggs, and a number of skins sent by Dr. C. G. Young. 

 Santa Lucia, Grenada, and Tobago also contribute specimens 

 of their avifauna, the last-named island exhibiting three 

 attractive cases of nests, eggs, and parent birds. And with 

 this I close the enumeration of the objects which I have 

 been able to note, hoping that nothing of greater interest 

 or rarity may still lurk unrecorded in some corner of the 

 Exhibition, 

 loth Jixly, 1886. 



XLV. — On a Collection of Birds from several little-known 

 Islands of the fVest Indies. By Charles B. Cory. 



During the past winter (1885-6) an enterprising young 

 collector, Mr. W. B. Richardson, has been visiting the West 

 Indies. The ornithological results of his trip have been 

 forwarded to me for identification and prove to be of much 

 interest, including examples of three supposed new species 

 (i.e. Loxigilla barbadensis, Thryothorus guadeloupensis. and 



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