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  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  

  

  This 
  aberrant 
  Raven 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  also 
  occurred 
  in 
  New 
  

   Zealand, 
  associated 
  with 
  a 
  smaller 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  North 
  

   Island, 
  for 
  which 
  I 
  propose 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  P. 
  antipodum, 
  

  

  [2.] 
  Nestor 
  notabilis, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  Portions 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton 
  sufficient 
  to 
  identify 
  the 
  occur- 
  

   rence 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  

  

  [3.] 
  Nestor 
  meridionalis, 
  Gm. 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  remark 
  applies 
  here. 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Shand, 
  a 
  gentleman 
  

   who 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  Whaiekauri, 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  observer, 
  andTapu, 
  

   an 
  aged 
  Moriori, 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  Kakapo, 
  Stringops 
  

   hahroptilus, 
  occupied, 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  Settlement, 
  

   various 
  parts 
  of 
  Wharekauri 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers, 
  and 
  

   both 
  remember 
  their 
  burrows, 
  though 
  the 
  former 
  cannot 
  recall 
  

   having 
  himself 
  seen 
  the 
  birds. 
  I 
  did 
  not, 
  however, 
  succeed 
  

   in 
  finding 
  any 
  of 
  their 
  remains, 
  nor 
  has 
  my 
  correspondent, 
  

   Mr. 
  Hawkins, 
  been 
  more 
  successful. 
  

  

  [4.] 
  SCELOGLAUX 
  ALBOEACIES 
  (Gm.). 
  

  

  Portions 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  several 
  specimens. 
  

  

  [5.] 
  Harpa 
  nov^-zealandi.b 
  (Gm.). 
  

  

  [6.] 
  Harpa 
  ferox, 
  Peale. 
  

  

  [7.] 
  Columba, 
  sp. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  assign 
  the 
  crania 
  of 
  a 
  Pigeon 
  

   that 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  to 
  any 
  known 
  species. 
  

  

  [8.] 
  Cabalus 
  dieffenbachi 
  (Gray). 
  

  

  The 
  remains 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  abundant 
  to 
  show 
  

   that 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  once 
  quite 
  common. 
  

  

  [9.] 
  Cabalus 
  modestus, 
  Hutton. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  obtained 
  sub-fossil 
  remains 
  from 
  Wharekauri. 
  This 
  

   is 
  the 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  designated 
  as 
  Ocydromns 
  pygmaus 
  in 
  

   ' 
  Nature,' 
  vol. 
  xlvi. 
  p. 
  252. 
  

  

  [10.] 
  PaljEOLimnas 
  (gen. 
  nov.) 
  neavtoni, 
  Milne-Edwards. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  bird 
  I 
  have 
  elsewhere 
  {_' 
  Nature,' 
  xlvi. 
  p. 
  252] 
  

   referred 
  to 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Fulica 
  neiotoni. 
  The 
  limb- 
  

   bones 
  and 
  pelves 
  correspond 
  so 
  closely 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  F. 
  newtoni, 
  

   from 
  ^Tauritius, 
  tliat 
  1 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  separate 
  them. 
  

  

  