AVES. 
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STEUTHIONES. 
Struthionid^.. 
Dromceus novtx-hollandim. On the advantages to be derived from its do- 
mestication^ as shown by the author’s experiments. A. Touchard, Bull. Soc. 
Imp. d’Acclimat. 1867, pp. 2-7. 
Struthio camelus. Notes on its domestication at the Cape of Good Hope. 
— Heritte, Bull. Soc. Imp. d’Acclimat. 1867, pp. 122-124, and 319-322. At 
Grenoble. — Bouteille, tom, cit, pp. 316-318. At Madrid. A. Graells, tom. 
cit, pp. 477-479. 
Ca$uarius johmoni is described and figured as a new species 
from Northern Australia, differing from C. galeatus in having 
the helmet higher than it is long, the skin of the neck thin and 
smooth, with no ridges behind, and the glands on its side scarcely 
developed, and the inner claw straight and very sharp. S. 
Diggles, Orn. Austral, parts xii. and xiii. Further notes on C. 
johmoni : F. Muller, P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 241, 242. Identical with 
(7. australis : P. L. Sclater, tom, cit. p. 242 ; G. Bennett & W. 
Carron, tom, cit. pp. 473, 474. Described from the specimen 
presented to the Australian Museum. G. Krefft, tom. cit. 
pp. 482, 483. 
Casuaj'ius h'ennetti, an abstract of Captain Jouan’s notes on this species 
(M6m, Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, ix.). K. Z. 1867, pp. 75, 76. 
Dinornithid^e. 
Dhiornis robustus and Cnemiornis calcitrans. (For Prof. 
Owen^s papers on these, see above, under Anatomy.^^) 
Dmornts robustus and Z>. maxhnus (sp. nov.). Notices of them to be sub- 
sequently published in the ^ Zoological Transactions.’ II. Owen, P. Z. S. 
1867, p. 891. 
Dinorms gigantea. Remarks on an egg containing bones of the embryo. 
J. Hector (see “ Oology ”). 
Dhiornis (sp. ?). Remains found at Waingongoro have undergone the 
process of cooking. G. S. Spencer, Zool. S. S. p. 638. 
-®PYORNITIIID^. 
JEpyornis maximus. Notice of an egg brought to Toulouse. N. Joly, 
Comptes Rendus, Ixv. (2 Sept.) pp. 422-424. Description of the locality 
where its remains have been found. A. Grandidier, Comptes Rendus, Ixv. 
(9 Sept.) pp. 476-478. ICf, R. Z. 1867, p. 338 ; Ibis, 1868, pp. 66-68.] 
Observations on its egg, with indications of a smaller species, JE. gran- 
didiei'i. G. D. Rowley, P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 892-895. [See Oology.”] 
