ilr. 11. O. Forbes on Apteiyx Haasti. 



159 



Subord. vi. 'Iellixacka. 



Fani. 39. Scrobiculariidae. 



40. Tellinidae. 



41. DonacidsB. 

 4'2. Cardiliidfe. 



4.'5. Mesodesmatidaj. 

 44. ^[actiidie (excepting 

 Lurraria). 



Subord. vii. Submytilacea. 



Fam. 4o. Galeommidaj. 



46. Erycinida) 



Mo)ifocui(i). 



47. Kellvellid;x3. 



48. Cra.ssatellidse. 



49. Tancrediida3. 



50. Unicardiidie. 

 ol. Ungiilinidne. 



52. Lucinidte 



Montacuta). 



53. AstartidiB. 



54. Carditidse. 



55. Cardiniidae. 



56. yEtheriidaj. 



57. Unionidne. 



58. Dreiiseyisiidce. 



59. Modiolopsidae. 



(excepting 



(including 



Order IV. FILIBRANCIII.VrA. 



Fam. (Jl. Mytilidfe (excepting 



Dreissensia and Dreis- 

 sensiomija) . 



72. Xueuli'lfe. 



XXI. — Kotes on Apteiyx llaasti. 



To the Editors of the ^Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History.'' 



Gentlemen, — In the last number of the ' Annals,' page 43, 

 I observe an article on Apteryx Ilaasti, Potts, by the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild. " Mr. Forbes," it affirms, " has ex- 

 pressed it as his opinion that Apteryx Haastii is a natural 

 hj'brid between A. australis and A. Owenii. 1 have paid 

 much attention to tliis question as well as to the study of this 

 genus generally," &c. 



1 am not sure whether or not I am the " Mr. Forbes " 

 referred to ; but as I am led to believe that I am, I hope you 

 will grant me the privilege of making a few observations on 

 Mr. Rothschild's note. I am surprised, in the first place, to 

 have opinions that I privately entertain publicly criticized; for, 

 so far as I can charge my memory, I am not aware of having 



