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eggs of the southern Ostrich as being smoother than those of 

 the northern bird; but I believe this to be a lapsus calami, as 

 the series of eggs on which the observation was founded, and 

 which are still in the possession of Mr. Bartlett, show that the 

 contrary is the fact, and that Mr. Tristram's statement is 

 correct. 



Mr. Sclater's paper is accompanied by a fine plate of the male 

 of Strut hio camelus ; and it is to be regretted that no equally 

 satisfactory representation of Struthio australis has yet been 

 published, — Ed.J 



