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  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

  

  inhabiting 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  South 
  Islands 
  respectively, 
  Dr. 
  

   Sharpe 
  maintained 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  perfectly 
  impossible 
  to 
  say 
  

   to 
  which 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  the 
  young 
  birds 
  belonged. 
  After 
  

   comparing 
  two 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Reischck's 
  South-Island 
  specimens 
  

   in 
  the 
  Rothschild 
  collection, 
  supposed 
  by 
  Sir 
  Walter 
  BuUer 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  true 
  O. 
  earli, 
  with 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  so-called 
  O. 
  greyi 
  

   from 
  the 
  Nortli 
  Island, 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  admitted 
  his 
  inability 
  to 
  

   separate 
  them 
  even 
  as 
  races. 
  With 
  regai'd 
  to 
  0. 
  australis 
  

   the 
  question 
  of 
  races 
  was 
  much 
  more 
  difficult, 
  and 
  at 
  first 
  

   sight 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  two 
  well-defined 
  forms 
  coiild 
  be 
  

   distinguished 
  — 
  one 
  a 
  sandy-tinted 
  bird, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  a 
  

   cinnamon-tinted 
  one. 
  Between 
  these 
  two, 
  however, 
  there 
  

   appeared 
  to 
  be 
  every 
  possible 
  link 
  and 
  gradation 
  of 
  colour; 
  

   so 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  define 
  any 
  races 
  or 
  subspecies. 
  

   Sir 
  Walter 
  Bullcr, 
  in 
  liis 
  second 
  edition, 
  had 
  indeed 
  hinted 
  

   that 
  altitude 
  and 
  locality 
  had 
  something 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  

   variations 
  in 
  plumage 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  labels 
  and 
  definite 
  

   localities 
  in 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Bullcr 
  collection 
  prevented 
  

   Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  from 
  drawing 
  any 
  satisfactory 
  conclusion. 
  

  

  While 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Ocydromiis, 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  

   remarked 
  that 
  the 
  so-called 
  Ocydromus 
  sylvestris, 
  Sclater, 
  

   from 
  Lord 
  Howe 
  Island, 
  was 
  not 
  an 
  Ocydromus 
  in 
  his 
  

   opinion, 
  but 
  a 
  Cabahis, 
  congeneric 
  with 
  Cabalus 
  dieffenbachi 
  

   from 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands, 
  and 
  should 
  therefore 
  be 
  called 
  

   Cabalus 
  sylvestris. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Seebohm 
  made 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  Geographical 
  Distri- 
  

   bution 
  of 
  British 
  Birds, 
  recognizing 
  401 
  species 
  and 
  13 
  sub- 
  

   species 
  as 
  having 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  claim 
  to 
  be 
  admitted 
  to 
  the 
  

   list. 
  

  

  No. 
  VI. 
  (March 
  1st, 
  1893.) 
  

  

  The 
  fifth 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Club 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  Restaurant 
  

   Frascati, 
  32 
  Oxford 
  Street, 
  on 
  Wednesday, 
  the 
  loth 
  of 
  

   Fcl)ruary, 
  1893. 
  

  

  