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  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
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  centre 
  point 
  between 
  the 
  distal 
  condyles 
  and 
  the 
  epicnemial 
  

   ridge 
  left 
  a 
  considerable 
  space 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  

   groove. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  intercondylar 
  eminence 
  in 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   condylar 
  channel, 
  and 
  the 
  orifice 
  of 
  the 
  extensor 
  foramen 
  

   opened 
  more 
  longitudinally 
  than 
  in 
  Dinornis 
  and 
  pointed 
  

   downwards. 
  Mr. 
  Forbes 
  described 
  two 
  species, 
  P. 
  haasti 
  

   and 
  P. 
  velox, 
  distinguishing 
  them 
  by 
  their 
  size. 
  

  

  XLI. 
  — 
  Notices 
  of 
  recent 
  Ornithological 
  Publications. 
  

  

  [Continued 
  from 
  p. 
  275.] 
  

  

  65. 
  Agassiz 
  on 
  the 
  Progress 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  

   Zoology. 
  

  

  [Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology 
  

   at 
  Harvard 
  College 
  to 
  the 
  President 
  and 
  Fellows 
  of 
  Harvard 
  College 
  for 
  

   1891-92. 
  Cambridge, 
  U.S.A., 
  1892.] 
  

  

  The 
  IVIuseum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology 
  at 
  Harvard 
  College, 
  

   Cambridge, 
  has 
  received 
  a 
  valuable 
  contribution 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  Academic 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  donation 
  to 
  it 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Greene- 
  

   Smith 
  Collection 
  ^^ 
  of 
  about 
  1200 
  mounted 
  North- 
  American 
  

   birds, 
  " 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  and 
  valuable 
  

   " 
  that 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  brought 
  together, 
  at 
  least 
  by 
  private 
  

   effort." 
  An 
  important 
  addition 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  

   purchase 
  from 
  IVIr. 
  Scott 
  B. 
  Wilson 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  

   the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Agassiz 
  complains, 
  not 
  without 
  reason, 
  we 
  think, 
  

   that 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  increase 
  in 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  under- 
  

   graduate 
  classes 
  at 
  Harvard, 
  the 
  whole 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  Professors 
  

   of 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  taken 
  up 
  by 
  teaching, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  

   mainly 
  devoted 
  to 
  original 
  investigation, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  was 
  primarily 
  intended. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  

   the 
  Museum, 
  he 
  alleges, 
  to 
  supply 
  such 
  instruction. 
  This 
  

   should 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  University. 
  

  

  66. 
  Buttikofer 
  on 
  a 
  Sjjecies 
  of 
  Rhipidura. 
  

  

  [A 
  Complementary 
  Note 
  to 
  my 
  Review 
  on 
  the 
  Genus 
  Rhipidura. 
  "By 
  

   J. 
  Biittikofer. 
  Notes 
  Leyden 
  Mas. 
  xv. 
  p. 
  113.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Biittikofer, 
  referring 
  to 
  his 
  recent 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

  

  2 
  I 
  2 
  

  

  