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TinamomorphcB. 

 Tumicimorpha. 



Charadriomorphm. 



1 i 



CeeomorphcB. Geranomorpha. 

 Spheniscomorph^. Aetomorpii.e. 



AlectoromorphcB. 



PteroclomorpTicB. Palamedea. 



ChenomorphcB. 

 Amphimorphm. 

 Pelargomorphm. 



PeristeromorpJuB. 

 Heteromorphce, 



PSITTACO- COCCYGO- 

 MORPHiE. '"MORPH.E. 



^GITHO- 

 GNATH.E. 



Dysporo- 



MORPHiE. 



I do not think that any one who will examine the facts will 

 be disposed to doubt that this scheme nearly represents the 

 affinities of the groups in question. The great difficulty is to 

 determine the relations of the Coccygomorpha, Psittacomorphce, 

 and ^githognathce to these ; and I have ventured to indicate 

 those relations only in the most doubtful and hypothetic 

 fashion. 



Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



On Thursday, the 11th of June, a paper was read before the 

 Royal Society, describing the osteology of Pezophaps solitaria 

 from the bones which, as we last year mentioned, were obtained 

 from Rodriguez by Mr. Edward Newton. At the same time a 

 beautifully mounted skeleton of the Dodo, and two (supposed to 

 be male and female) of the Solitaire were exhibited. These were 

 put together by Mr. J. W. Clark, the able and energetic Super- 

 intendent of the Museums of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy 

 in the University of Cambridge, where the specimens are de- 

 posited. 



