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  New-Zealand 
  writers^ 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  materially 
  from 
  tlie 
  true 
  

   Thalassogeron 
  culminatus 
  (Gould), 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Ridgway's 
  

   genus 
  Thalassogeron, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  culminicorn 
  being 
  

   separated 
  by 
  an 
  interval 
  of 
  soft 
  skin 
  from 
  the 
  latericorn. 
  In 
  

   this 
  respect 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  is 
  somewhat 
  intermediate 
  

   between 
  Diomedea 
  and 
  Thalassogeron, 
  but 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   culminicorn, 
  though 
  not 
  so 
  well 
  developed, 
  distinctly 
  spreads 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  well-defined 
  posterior 
  margin. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  just 
  possible 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  Diomedea 
  

   gilliana 
  of 
  Coues, 
  from 
  an 
  unknown 
  locality, 
  but 
  the 
  bill 
  is 
  

   differently 
  coloured, 
  and 
  the 
  under 
  wing-coverts 
  are 
  white 
  

   instead 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  

  

  These 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  Procellariidce 
  in 
  my 
  collection 
  were 
  

   pointed 
  out 
  to 
  me 
  as 
  new 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Osbert 
  Salvin, 
  who 
  has 
  

   kindly 
  confirmed 
  the 
  diagnoses. 
  

  

  The 
  Members 
  then 
  adjourned 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  room 
  at 
  the 
  

   Frascati 
  Restaurant, 
  where 
  Mr. 
  Rothschild 
  exhibited 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  him 
  at 
  the 
  Meeting, 
  

   and 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  other 
  rare 
  birds 
  from 
  his 
  collection. 
  

   Among 
  these 
  were 
  examples 
  of 
  Phalacrocorax 
  featherstoni 
  

   of 
  BuUer, 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  living 
  example 
  and 
  many 
  skins 
  were 
  

   shown, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  skins 
  of 
  Tetraophasis 
  szechenyi 
  and 
  Palce- 
  

   ornis 
  salvadorii. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rothschild 
  likewise 
  exhibited 
  living 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  species 
  oi 
  Apteryx, 
  9 
  in 
  number, 
  viz. 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  2 
  Apteryx 
  mantelli, 
  ^ 
  ? 
  . 
  

   2 
  „ 
  la 
  wry 
  i, 
  c? 
  ? 
  • 
  

   2 
  „ 
  oiveni, 
  ^ 
  ? 
  . 
  

   2 
  „ 
  haasti, 
  ^ 
  $ 
  . 
  

   1 
  „ 
  occidentalis, 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  paper 
  was 
  then 
  read, 
  and 
  was 
  illustrated 
  by 
  

   the 
  exhibition 
  of 
  nearly 
  100 
  specimens 
  of 
  Apteryges 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Genus 
  Apteryx. 
  

   By 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild. 
  

  

  " 
  Since 
  my 
  controversy 
  with 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  in 
  the 
  pages 
  

  

  