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os land : the common species having been hitherto confounded with it, from 
no careful comparisons having been instituted with the original type. 
are now however three species of this extraordinary “ wingless” bird, 
viz., Ap. australis, Ap. Owenii, and Ap. Mantelli. It is probable thata 
fourth and much larger species still exists in the Middle Island. Mr. 
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Fi Academy of Natural History of Philadelphia—a specimen of the true 
. Ap. australis may occur; having been mistaken for a | 
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were from the Middle Island: the more abundant species‘is from the 
North Island. 
3. Ibis guarauna in New England; by Dr. Cazor, (Proc. Bost. 
Soc. Nat. Hist., Nov., 1850, p. 313.)——Ibis guarauna has been con- 
founded with J. falcinellus by many naturalists, among others even by 
Audubon, Le 
way of accounting for their appearance, 
: hich has been mistaken for J. fal- 
than usual, as we know to have 
he re shot 
Middletown, Ct., and is in the pomemnee of 
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