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large part peculiar to that island, though related to 

 other — and therefore presumably parent — species on 

 the neighbouring continent. Now^ no less than 200 

 species — or nearly half the whole number — are so far 

 deficient in wings that they cannot fly. And, if we 



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Fig. (j. — Apteryx Australis. Drawn from life in the Zoological 

 Gardens, \ nat. size. The external wing is drawn to a scale in the upper 

 part of the cut. The surroundings are supplied from the most recent 

 descriptions. 



disregard the species which are not peculiar to the 

 island — that is to say, all the species which likewise 

 occur on the neighbouring continent, and therefore, 

 as evolutionists conclude, have but recently migrated 

 to the island, — we find this very remarkable proportion. 

 There are altogether 29 peculiar genera, and out of 



