AVES. 
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PoDICIPIDvE. 
Podicqjs, sp. ? The sacred bird (reported to be wingless) of the Lake 
Zalanza in Joanna, one of the Comoro islands, proved to be of this genus, 
but the species was not ascertained. P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1864, p. 301. 
Podiceps cristatusj P. riihricolUs, P. aurifus of Linnaeus, and P. minor are - 
figured. C. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. liv. 
CoLYMBID^. 
Colymhus torqiiatus (sc. glacialis) and C. adamsi Crania of these two 
birds compared and their specific distinctness thereby more completely sub- 
stantiated. E. Coues, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1864, pp. 21, 22. 
Colymbus sqytaitrionalis, C. arcticm^ and C. glacialis are figured. C. J. 
Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. liii. 
ALCIDiE. 
Alca impennis, — Natural Mummies, A. Newton, Ann. N. H. 3 ser. xiv. 
pp. 138-141, Zool. pp. 9122-9124 (from P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 435-438), J. E. 
Gray, Ann. N. II. 3 ser. xiv. p. 319. List of existing specimens, E. 
Champley, op. cit. pp. 235, 236 j Defects in Mr. Champley’s List, P. L. 
Sclater, op. cit. p. 350, A. von Pelzeln, and Eds. Ann. N. II. op. cit. p. 393. 
STllUTHIONES. 
Sthutiiionida?. 
Stridhio camelus, the skin of a specimen killed in the Belka (Palestine) 
was obtained by II. B. Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 449. 
Casuarius haupi. Some further particulars respecting this bird are given 
by its discoverer, G. von Rosenberg, J. f. 0. 1864, p. 134. 
Casuarius hennetti. Recently hatched specimens of this species, and the 
skeleton of the typical example, were exhibited to the Zoological Society. 
P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 271. 
Din(yrnis robustus. One of the most remarkable ornithological 
events of the past year was the exhibition by Mr. Thomas Allis 
of the very recent remains of a Moa, at the meeting of the 
Linnean Society on the 16th of June, 1864. (Proc. Linn. Soc. 
vol. viii. p. xlvi.) The paper read by that gentleman has not, 
however, yet been published. An abstract of its contents is 
given in 'The Natural History Review^ (1864, page 636), and 
also in 'The Zoologist^ (P'^^gcs 9195-9197). The skeleton is 
described as being very nearly perfect. The left inner toe (that 
which in Casuarius is armed with a very long claw) " has the 
whole of the outer sole still adhering to it, as well as part of the 
sole of the foot. On the lower part of the back is still a con- 
siderable portion of the outer skin studded with the quill part 
of the feathers, and in one or two rare instances portions of the 
web of the feather.^^ These feathers we understand are of the 
duplex type common to the section Casuarina, i. e. the aux- 
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