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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 



FIG. y. 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 



