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Mr. W. L. Bullcr on the 



following sketch (by Keulemans) from specimens in the British 

 Museum will sufficiently illustrate my argument : — 



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Fig. 1. Rallits jjJiilippensis. Fig. 2. Rallns dteffenbachii. 



R.ALLUS PHILIPPENSIS. 



Captain Hutton is in error in stating (/. c.) that " R.philip- 

 pensis has no claw at the end of the thumb.^^ The claw is 

 well developed and very sharp at the point. 



Charadrius fulvus. 



Captain Hutton is under a wrong impression as to my 

 having presented the specimen of C. fulvus which exists in 

 the Auckland Museum. It was there as far back as 1855 ; 

 and beyond the assurance of the curator that it was a New- 

 Zealand example^ I know nothing whatever about it. The 

 species (according to Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub) is distributed 

 over the islands of the South Pacific ; and there is nothing 

 " unlikely " in its occurrence in New Zealand. 



Anarhynchus frontalis. 



Captain Hutton says he has never seen this bird '' run round 

 a stone " in the manner described by Mr. Potts. Eut this is 

 merely negative evidence. Mr. Potts describes this habit 

 from actual observation. Captain Hutton's principal argu- 



