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1891. Frederic A. Lucas. Animals recently 

 extinct or threatened with extermina- 

 tion, as represented in the collection 

 of the U.S. National Museum. 



In Report of the Smithson Inst. (U.S. Nat. 

 Mus.) 1889 (1891 !), pp. 609-649, pis. XCV-CV. 



(An account of some of the larger animals 

 which have become extinct within historic 

 times, or are threatened with extinction, with 

 reasons suggested for their disappearance.) 



1891. Hartert. KatalogderVogelsammlung 



im Museum der Senchenberg. Naturf. 



Ges. Frankfurt-a-M. 



(Alca impennis, Turdus terrestris, Chauno- 

 proctus ferreorostris, Hemiphaga spadicea 

 mentioned.) 



1891 . Will. Dutcher. The Labrador Duck. 

 A revised list of the extant specimens 

 in North America, with some historical 

 notes. 



In Auk 1891, pp. 301-316, pi. 2. 



1894. Will. Dutcher. The Labrador Duck. 

 With additional data respecting extant 

 specimens. 



In Auk 1894, PP- 4" 12 - 



1892. Forbes, H. O. Preliminary Notice 

 of Additions to the Extinct Avifauna 

 of New Zealand (Abstract). 



In Trans, and Proceed. New Zealand Inst. 

 Vol. XXIV, pp. 185-189. 



(The editors say that the paper is published 

 in abstract, as it had been impossible to 

 prepare the drawings for its illustrations in 

 time. — It is a most pitiful and unscientific 

 proceeding to publish such preliminary abstracts 

 containing insufficiently founded names and 

 complete " nomina nuda " without publishing 

 a fuller account ; such, as far as I know, has 

 never appeared.) 



1892. H. O. Forbes. Afihanafiteryx and 

 other remains in the Chatham Islands. 



In Nature, Vol. XLVI, p. 252. 



(Short notes on avian remains which, unfor- 

 tunately, were never properly studied after- 

 wards.) 



1892. Hutton. The Moas of New Zealand. 



In Trans, and Proceed. New Zealand 

 Institute Vol. XXIV, pp. 93-172, pis. XV-XVII. 



1892. Hamilton. Notes on Moa Gizzard- 

 stones, t.c. p. 172. 



1892. Hamilton. On the genus Aptornis, 

 t.c. pp. 175-184. 



1892. Hartlaub. Vier seltene Rallen. 



In : Abhandl. d. Naturwiss. Vereins zu. 

 Bremen XII. 



1893. H. O. Forbes. A List of the Birds 

 inhabiting the Chatham Islands. 



In Ibis 1893, pp. 521-546. 



(Notes on the living and extinct forms. The 

 genus Palaeolimnas established. Egg of 

 Cabalus modestus figured, etc.) 



1893. W. W. Smith. Notes on certain 

 species of New Zealand Birds. 



In Ibis 1893, pp. 509-520. 

 (Methods of colonization and their disastrous 

 results to the birds described.) 



1893. Milne-Edwards & Oustalet. Notice 

 sur quelques especes d'oiseaux actuelle- 

 ment eteintes qui se trouvent repre- 

 sentees dans les collections du museum 

 d'histoire naturelle. In : Centenaire 

 de la fondation du museum d'histoire 

 naturelle. Volume commemoratif 

 publie par les professeurs du Museum. 

 Pp. 189-252, pis. I-V. 



(Only 6 species : Mascarinus mascarinus, 

 Alectroenas nitidissima, Alca impennis, 

 Fregilupus varius, Camptolaemus labradorius, 

 Dromaius " ater" but these beautifully figured 

 and masterly described and discussed.) 



1893. Sir E. Newton and Gadow. On 

 additional Bones of the Dodo and 

 other Extinct Birds of Mauritius 

 obtained by Mr. Theodore Sauzier. 



In Trans. Zool. Soc. London XIII, pp. 281- 

 302. Pis. XXXIII-XXXVII. 



(Strix sauzieri, Astur alphonsi, Butorides 

 mauritianus, Plotus nanus, Sarcidiornis 

 mauritianus, Anas theodori, etc.) 



