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  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
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  whole 
  mass 
  (supposed 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  one 
  bird) 
  weighed 
  -l^ 
  lb,, 
  

   in 
  another 
  6 
  lb. 
  The 
  total 
  disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  

   these 
  Moas 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  "strongly 
  acid 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  decaying 
  vegetable 
  matter^' 
  in 
  Avhich 
  they 
  

   were 
  imbedded. 
  

  

  24;. 
  Hamilton 
  on 
  the 
  Genus 
  Aptornis. 
  

  

  [On 
  the 
  Genus 
  Apto>-nis, 
  with 
  more 
  especial 
  reference 
  to 
  Apturti.'s 
  

   defossor, 
  Owen. 
  By 
  A. 
  Hamilton. 
  Trans. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Inst. 
  xxiv. 
  

   p. 
  175.] 
  

  

  After 
  a 
  preliminary 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  authorities 
  on 
  Aptornis 
  

   (now 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  extinct 
  Rail^ 
  allied 
  to 
  Octjdronms, 
  but 
  

   originally 
  referred 
  to 
  Dinornis), 
  Mr, 
  Hamilton 
  describes 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  bones 
  of 
  Aptornis 
  defossor 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  limestone 
  

   caves 
  on 
  the 
  Oreto 
  River^ 
  Otago. 
  The 
  collection 
  comprises 
  

   one 
  perfect 
  and 
  three 
  imperfect 
  skulls, 
  a 
  complete 
  set 
  of 
  

   vertebrae, 
  an. 
  absolutely 
  perfect 
  pelvis, 
  and 
  three 
  perfect 
  

   sterna, 
  besides 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  extremities 
  and 
  many 
  others. 
  

   This 
  paper 
  adds 
  greatly 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Aptornis. 
  

  

  25. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  a 
  neiv 
  Batrachostomus. 
  

  

  [On 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Batrachostomus. 
  By 
  Ernst 
  Hartert. 
  Notes 
  

   Leyd, 
  Mus. 
  xiv. 
  p. 
  63.] 
  

  

  Herr 
  Hartert 
  publishes 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Batracho- 
  

   stomus, 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Ley 
  den 
  Museum 
  obtained 
  

   by 
  Horner 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Padang, 
  Western 
  Sumatra, 
  in 
  

   1837, 
  for 
  which 
  he 
  adopts 
  the 
  MS, 
  name 
  B. 
  poliolophus 
  of 
  

   Temminck. 
  (C/. 
  Hartert, 
  Cat. 
  Birds, 
  xvi, 
  p. 
  638.) 
  

  

  26. 
  Hartlauh 
  on 
  Birds 
  from 
  China. 
  

  

  [Eiu 
  Beitiag 
  zur 
  Ornithologie 
  Chinas. 
  Von 
  Dr. 
  G. 
  Hartlaub. 
  Abhandl. 
  

   naturw. 
  Ver. 
  Bremen, 
  xii. 
  p. 
  295.] 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hartlaub 
  has 
  examined 
  three 
  collections 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  

   China 
  lately 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Bremen 
  Museum, 
  and 
  now 
  

   gives 
  us 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  them. 
  One, 
  received 
  from 
  Herr 
  

   Schmacker 
  (whose 
  name 
  is 
  already 
  known 
  in 
  connection 
  

  

  