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  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
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  19. 
  Evans 
  on 
  the 
  Grebe 
  of 
  Ross-shire. 
  

  

  [On 
  the 
  supposed 
  Breeding 
  of 
  the 
  Sclavouiau 
  Grebe 
  (Podicipes 
  auritus, 
  

   L.)in 
  Ross-shire. 
  By 
  A. 
  H. 
  Evans. 
  Ann. 
  Scott. 
  N. 
  H. 
  i. 
  p. 
  171, 
  1892.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans, 
  having 
  examined 
  carefully 
  into 
  the 
  supposed 
  

   case 
  of 
  the 
  Sclavonian 
  Grebe 
  breeding 
  in 
  Koss-shire, 
  reported 
  

   by 
  E. 
  T. 
  Booth 
  (' 
  Rough 
  Notes/ 
  vol. 
  iii.)^ 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  

   conclusion 
  that 
  these 
  Grebes 
  are 
  Tachyhaptes 
  fluviatilis 
  and 
  

   not 
  Podiceps 
  auritus. 
  

  

  20. 
  Forbes 
  on 
  Extinct 
  Birds 
  of 
  Neiv 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  [Preliminary 
  Notice 
  of 
  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  Extinct 
  Avifauna 
  of 
  New 
  

   Zealand. 
  By 
  H. 
  0. 
  Eorbes 
  : 
  communicated 
  by 
  J. 
  T, 
  Meeson, 
  B.A. 
  

   Trans. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Inst. 
  xxiv. 
  p. 
  185.] 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  a 
  paper 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  describes 
  

   " 
  twelve 
  species 
  nesv 
  to 
  the 
  ancient 
  bird-life 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand/' 
  

   based 
  on 
  specimens 
  accumulated 
  from 
  various 
  localities^ 
  and 
  

   makes 
  many 
  additions 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  species 
  previously 
  

   described. 
  Amongst 
  tlie 
  new 
  forms 
  are 
  two 
  large 
  Harriers 
  

   [Circus 
  haniiltoni 
  and 
  C. 
  teauteensis), 
  a 
  presumed 
  new 
  

   Notornis 
  [JSf. 
  parkeri), 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Cnemiornis 
  {C. 
  

   minor 
  and 
  C. 
  gracilis), 
  a 
  Cereopsis 
  Goose 
  [Cereopsis 
  nova- 
  

   zealandia>) 
  , 
  a 
  gigantic 
  Rail 
  [Ocydromus 
  insignis), 
  a 
  Musk- 
  

   Duck 
  [Biziura 
  lautouri), 
  and 
  what, 
  if 
  jVEr. 
  Eorbes 
  is 
  correct 
  

   in 
  his 
  views, 
  is 
  a 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  interest 
  — 
  a 
  new 
  

   genus 
  of 
  Moas, 
  " 
  with 
  many 
  Casuarine 
  characters^'' 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  Pal(So-casuarlus. 
  Of 
  this 
  genus 
  the 
  author 
  

   recognizes 
  three 
  species, 
  P. 
  haasti, 
  P. 
  elegans, 
  and 
  P. 
  velox, 
  

   founded 
  on 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  tibise 
  in 
  his 
  collection. 
  We 
  trust 
  that 
  

   there 
  Avill 
  be 
  no 
  delay 
  in 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  this 
  memoir 
  

   entire^ 
  as 
  not 
  even 
  specific 
  characters 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  this 
  

   abstract. 
  

  

  21. 
  Forbes 
  on 
  Cyanorhamphus 
  erythrotis. 
  

  

  [Note 
  on 
  a 
  Species 
  of 
  Platycercus 
  (P. 
  erythrotis, 
  Wagl.) 
  from 
  Antipodes 
  

   Island. 
  By 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  : 
  communicated 
  by 
  J. 
  T. 
  Meeson. 
  Trans 
  

   New 
  Zealand 
  Inst. 
  xxiv. 
  p. 
  190.] 
  

  

  IVIr. 
  Forbes 
  is 
  not 
  correct, 
  we 
  believe, 
  in 
  his 
  identification 
  

   of 
  the 
  Cyanorhamphus 
  of 
  Antipodes 
  Island 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  