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all the local races or subspecies, recognized eighteen separable 

 forms, as follows : — 



Casuarius casnarius. Ceram, 



C. casuarius beccarii. Vokan I., Aru Group. 



C. casuarius salvadorii. Arfak, N.W. New Guinea. 



C. casuarius sclateri. Southern New Guinea, from Macluer 



Inlet to Samarai. 

 C. casuarius austrulis. Queensland. 



C. casuarius violicollis. Probably Trangan I., Aru Group. 

 C. casuarius intensus. Hab. incert. 



C. bicarunculatus. Wamraer and Kabroor Is., Aru Group. 

 C. uniappendiculatus. Arfak and Salwatti, 

 C. uniappendiculatus occipitalis. Jobi I. and Geelvink Bay, 



N. New Guinea. 

 C. uniappendiculatus aurantiacus. Huon Gulf, E. New 



Guinea. 

 C. philipi. Hab. incert. 

 C. papiianus. Arfak and Salwatti. 

 C. papuanus edivardsi. Geelvink Bay. 

 C. picticollis. British New Guinea (low country). 

 C. picticollis hecki. German New Guinea. 

 C, lories. Owen Stanley Range, S.E. New Guinea. 

 C. bennetti. New Britain. 



Mr. Rothschild further exhibited a pair of the so-called 

 Palceoriiis salvadorii from Thibet. He had lately received 

 two living females of the true PalcBurnis derby ana, said to 

 have come from Hainan. The original examples of Palceornis 

 salvadorii came from Moupin and were decidedly smaller 

 than Palaornis derby ana ; but as the specimens from Thibet 

 were exactly intermediate in size, P. salvadorii could not be 

 regarded as a distinct species. Till the true habitat of Pala- 

 ornis derbyana, the largest form, was definitely ascertained, 

 P. salvadorii might be given subspecific rank as Palceornis 

 derbynna salvadorii. 



Mr. Rothschild also exhibited some skins of Telespiza 

 cantans from Laysan Island, They belonged partly to what 



