BIEDS. 



BY Ct. R. gray, F.R.S., &c., &c. 



The Oenithology of the South Sea Islands is peculiar, 

 and local in many of the groups ; but space confines the 

 treatment of the subject within narrow limits. It is, there- 

 fore, proposed to notice only those birds that are new, or 

 especially rare to science, and thus to convey some idea of 

 their singular formation and richness of colour. 



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