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Mr. W. L. Buller on the 
following sketch (by Keulemans) from specimens in the British 
Museum will sufficiently illustrate my argument:— 
Fig. 1. Rallus philippensis. Fig. 2. Rallus cheffenbachii. 
Rallus philippensis. 
Captain Hutton is in error in stating (/. c.) that “ R.philip¬ 
pensis has no claw at the end of the thumb.” The claw is 
well developed and very sharp at the point. 
Charadrius fulvus. 
Captain Hutton is under a wrong impression as to my 
having presented the specimen of C. fulvus which exists in 
the Auckland Museum. It was there as far back as 1855; 
and beyond the assurance of the curator that it was a New- 
Zealand example, I know nothing whatever about it. The 
species (according to Drs. Finseh and Hartlaub) is distributed 
over the islands of the South Pacific; and there is nothing 
“ unlikely ” in its occurrence in New Zealand. 
Anarhynchus frontalis. 
Captain Hutton says he has never seen this bird “ run round 
a stone” in the manner described by Mr. Potts. But this is 
merely negative evidence. Mr. Potts describes this habit 
from actual observation. Captain Hutton's principal argu- 
