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one prefers unscientifically to lump allied forms, one cannot say that a Miro 

 from the Chathams agrees in every respect with one from the Snares. 

 Buller's doubts about the distinctness of the latter might easily have been 

 removed, if he had taken the trouble to compare them, for it does not require 

 any genius to see the differences. I admit that with my present views on 

 geographical forms I would regard the two Miro as sub-species, and call 

 them M. traversi traversi and M. traversi dannefaerdi, but most ornithologists 

 would still consider them to be " good species." 



I may add that Buller, I.e., p. 125, has not quoted my description 

 correctly, for in his rendering are several disturbing misprints, and in the 

 fourth line from the bottom occurs a "not" which ought not to be there, and 

 which makes the sentence incomprehensible. Also the name itself is spelt 

 incorrectly. 



I have a series from Mangare and Little Mangare, taken by Henry 

 Palmer in 1890. The egg seems to be unknown. 

 Habitat : Chatham Islands. 



