AYES. 
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On the rearing of it in the same country, C. Riviere, tom. cit. pp. G39-G41. 
Notes on it in North-eastern Africa, M. Mariio, Zool. Garten, 18G8, pp. 212- 
21G. Its anatomy described in considerable detail, A. Macalister, Proc. R. 
Irish Acad. ix. pp. 1-24. The description of the muscular mechanism of its 
leg (Zool. Rec. ii. pp. 85, 138) reprinted, with figures, S. Ilaughton, to7n. cit, 
pp. 50-Gl. 
Rheid^. 
Stmthio rJiea (sc. Rhea aimrkand), its muscular anatomy described, S. 
Ilaughton, Proc. R. Irish Acad. ix. pp. 497-504. 
Casuariida^. 
Casuai'ius australis (cf. Zool. Roc. iii. p. IIG, and iv. p. 125), a very fine 
specimen from Queensland exhibited, and tlie characters in which it differs 
from C. galeatus pointed out. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 18G8, pp. 37G, 377. 
Seen at Rockingham Bay, E. P. Ramsay, tom. cit. p. 388. 
Dromams irroratus, its breeding in England. A. W. Bennett, Bull. Soc. 
Imp. d’Acclimat. 18G8, pp. G82-G88 [translated from ^Land and Water,’ 
2 May, 18G8.] 
Drommts nov^-hollandio}, its muscular anatomy described. S. Ilaughton, 
Proc. R. Irish Acad. ix. pp. 487-497. 
Dinornithid^e. 
Dinornis clepha^itopus^ D. rlieides, D. crassus, and D. casuarmus. Remarks 
on the sternum of these species to be subsequently published in the ^ Zoolo- 
gical Transactions.’ R, Owen, P. Z. S. 18G8, p. 404. 
Dinornis giganteus, D. 7’ohiisttis, D. elepJiantopus, D. crassus, D. gracilis, 
D. casua7'inus, and D. didiformis, their skeletons in the Museum at Christ- 
church, New Zealand. J. Haast, J. f. 0. 18G8, pp. 244, 245. [C/*. Ibis, 18G8, 
p. 604.] 
Dmornis, geological note on a deposit containing its remains, with a sec- 
tion. Id. Monatsb. Akad. Wissensch. Berl. 18G8, pp. 651-553. 
iEpYORNITHIDAJ. 
Bianconi, Q. G. Appondico alia momoria intorno agli scritti di Marco 
Polo od all’ JEp7jornis maximus. Mem. Accad. Sc, Bologna, 20 Marzo, 
18G8, pp. 483-520. 
This appendix to a paper we before noticed (Zool. Rec. ii. p. 82) treats 
almost entirely of the veracity of Marco Polo’s celebrated account of the 
Roc,” which the author maintains was the JEpyor7ns and a Vulture. 
JEpyornis maxwia, a tibia G4 centimetres long, and some portions of a 
larger one, a femirr, several vertebra3, and the fragment of an egg, discovered 
by M. A. Grandidier, exhibited. II. Milne-Ed wards, Comptes Rendus, 14 
Dec. 18G8, Ixvii. pp. 1165-11G7; R. Z. 18G8, pp. 4G8, 4G9. 
APTERYGIDiE. 
Apte7’yx 77iantelli, a male bird in the Zoological Gardens incubated two 
eggs, which came to nothing. A. D. Bartlett, Ibis, 18G8, pp. 251, 601, 
P. Z. S. 1868, p. 329; Bull. Soc. Imp. d’Acclimat. 1868, pp. 536, 537. 
Apteryx oivoii in confinement. P. Ij. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 319. 
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