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unfortunately he was murdered by the natives. The 
Rev. Mr. Rosaas continued his investigations, so that not 
long ago Dr. Forsyth Major was able to bring to Europe 
some 1500 osteological remains. 
To the three above-named species ^pyornis Hildebrmidti 
and ingens can now be added; the last species 
considerably surpassing even Ml. maxwttis in size. 
Besides these, several species of cursores of more slender 
Giant Ostrich of Madagascar pEpyornis ingens). 
(From the Revue des Sciences.) 
build are known, closely related to the Indian cassowary 
and the New Zealand species of Diornis^ and these were 
formed by Milne Edwards into a special genus, Mnller- 
ornis. 
Not a single species of these ostrich-like land birds 
exists at present, but the nature of the deposits where their 
remains were found permits the conclusion that they were 
still alive in recent times. If we keep before our eyes 
the analogous phenomena in the Mascarene islands, which 
