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of this extraordinary type is another triumph which will 

 be thoroughly appreciated by the scientific public, and 

 cannot fail to interest all classes. 



It is due to his Excellency Sir George Grey, Governor 

 of New Zealand, to mention, that he also endeavoured to 

 transmit another of the most interesting Birds of that 

 country, viz. the large Ground- Parrot, known to the natives 

 as the Kaka-po, and described by Mr. G. R. Gray under 

 the name of Strigoj^s habroptilus. 



Although Sir George Grey did not succeed in this at- 

 tempt, another specimen was brought by Dr. Lyall, R.N., 

 expressly for the Society, to within 600 miles of England, 

 and would almost certainly have reached the Gardens in as 

 good condition as the Apteryx, had it not met with its death 

 by an accident. 



Capt. Stokes, R.N., succeeded in bringing a living spe- 

 cimen of the Weka [Ocydromus Australis), which he libe- 

 rally presented to the Society : and there is therefore little 

 doubt that, with a continuance of the same valuable sup- 

 port, all the forms now existing in New Zealand may in 

 due time be added to the collection. 



The following Gentlemen also deserve particular mention 

 for the assistance they have rendered during the year 185 1: — 



Dr. Bowring, H.M. Consul at Canton. 



Brig.-Gen. Hearsey, C.B., commanding in the Punjab. 



Henry Barkly, Esq., Governor of British Guiana. 



Heniy Southern, Esq., H.M. Minister at Buenos x\yres. 



Sir Robert Schomburgk, H.M. Consul-General at St. 

 Domingo. 



Col. Outram, late British Resident at Baroda. 



Mr. Davis, British Resident at Baroda. 



Mr. Frere, Commissioner in Scinde. 



Mr. Skipwith, H.E.I.C. Civil Service, Bengal. 



Mr. Elphinstone, H.E.I.C. Civil Service, Candersh. 



Sir T. E. Perry, Chief-Justice of Bombay. 



Mr. Reade, H.M. Vice-Consul at Tripoh. 



Mr. Grace, H.M. Vice-Consul at Mogador. 



Mr. Geo. Dennis, of British Guiana. 



Mr. H. E. Strutt, Stipendiary Magistrate, Berbice. 



Capt. Abbott, R.W.I.M. Steamer, Thames. 



The Hon. E. Chitty, Dr. Bowerbank, and Mr. Richard 

 Hill, of Jamaica. 



The general state of the Collection is a subject to which 

 the Council can refer with satisfaction, and although they 



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