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  lent 
  it 
  for 
  the 
  occasion. 
  In 
  his 
  paper 
  Dr. 
  Hartlaub 
  had 
  

   mentioned 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  five 
  specimens 
  extant 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  

   and 
  probably 
  extinct 
  species, 
  four 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  Hono- 
  

   lulu, 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  Cambridge 
  Museum. 
  Mr. 
  Rothschild 
  

   had 
  stated, 
  in 
  a 
  memorandum, 
  that, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  aware, 
  

   only 
  one 
  specimen 
  remained 
  in 
  Honolulu, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   other 
  four, 
  one 
  was 
  in 
  Cambridge, 
  one 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  two 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  Museum 
  at 
  Tring. 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  

   suggested 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Hartlaub's 
  third 
  species 
  of 
  Rail, 
  Rnllus 
  

   sandwichensis, 
  Gm., 
  — 
  which 
  was 
  evidently 
  a 
  Pennula, 
  and 
  

   should 
  be 
  called 
  Pennula 
  sandwichensis 
  (Gm.) 
  — 
  was 
  really 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  Pennula 
  ecaudata 
  (King). 
  The 
  fourth 
  species 
  — 
  which 
  

   Dr. 
  Hartlaub 
  had 
  also 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Pennula 
  — 
  was 
  the 
  

   Porzanula 
  palmeri 
  of 
  Frohawk, 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

   also 
  lent 
  for 
  exhibition 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Rothschild. 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  differed 
  

   from 
  Dr. 
  Hartlaub 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Pennula, 
  and 
  contended 
  that 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  retained 
  in 
  

   the 
  genus 
  Porzanula, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  much 
  nearer 
  to 
  true 
  Porzana 
  

   than 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  Ralline 
  genera, 
  but 
  possessed 
  cha- 
  

   racters 
  of 
  sufficient 
  generic 
  value 
  to 
  warrant 
  its 
  separation. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  recently 
  received 
  

   from 
  his 
  correspondent 
  Mr. 
  Hawkins 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Cabalus 
  

   modestus 
  of 
  Hutton, 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mangare 
  in 
  the 
  

   Chatham 
  group. 
  The 
  specimen 
  was 
  evidently 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  

   bird, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Forbes 
  had 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  Cabalus 
  modestus 
  

   was 
  only 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  Cabalus 
  dieffenbachi. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  BowDLER 
  Sharpe 
  announced 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  intended 
  to 
  

   speak 
  about 
  the 
  classification 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  Rails, 
  

   but, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  lateness 
  of 
  the 
  hour, 
  this 
  communication 
  

   was 
  postponed 
  till 
  the 
  meeting 
  in 
  January. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  exhibited 
  the 
  osteological 
  remains 
  of 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  he 
  had 
  discovered 
  in 
  the 
  

   Chatham 
  Islands, 
  lying 
  500 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Banks 
  Penin- 
  

   sula, 
  Xew 
  Zealand. 
  He 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  he 
  had 
  

   (' 
  Nature,^ 
  xlvi. 
  p. 
  252j 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Aphanapteryx, 
  

  

  