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BULLETIN OF THE LIVERPOOL MUSEUMS. 
two birds belong to the same species—either both are specimens of Notornis alba 
or both are Porphyrio stanleyi. It is difficult to bring oneself to believe that 
they are albinos of P. melanonotus, from which our bird differs so conspicuously 
in the form of its leg and toes. I rather incline to the belief that both are 
specimens of NV. alba. Our bird has a small and weak wing ; but the measure- 
ments of .V. alba show a far greater reduction of the wings in it than in 
P. stanleyi. The latter bird was probably a poor flyer, if not altogether 
non-volant ; and, though adult, it may be young enough to be still in 
intermediate plumage, the head and neck still showing indications of the 
not fully discarded black plumage which White tells us it possessed in its 
younger years. 


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