. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. itate my comparison ofthe Chatham-Island material with the Mauritian, I am able toexhibit figures of the types of the premaxilla, the left humerusand the sternum by the side of the corresponding bones fromthe Chatham Islands. The remains from the former localityare more fragmentary than those from the latter. Of thecranium from Mauritius no more, with the exception of themandible, is known than is shown in fig, 2. Several of theskulls of Aphanapteryx Hawkinsi, on the other hand areabsolutely complete except for their p
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. itate my comparison ofthe Chatham-Island material with the Mauritian, I am able toexhibit figures of the types of the premaxilla, the left humerusand the sternum by the side of the corresponding bones fromthe Chatham Islands. The remains from the former localityare more fragmentary than those from the latter. Of thecranium from Mauritius no more, with the exception of themandible, is known than is shown in fig, 2. Several of theskulls of Aphanapteryx Hawkinsi, on the other hand areabsolutely complete except for their pterygoid bones, whichAnn. (£• Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol, xii. 5 66 Aplianapteiyx of Mauritius and Chatham Islands. have not yet been found. I have figured (fig. 1) thereforeonly the portion of A. Haiclcinsi corresponding to that knownof A. Broechi. It will be observed that, except in size, thepremaxilljB in the two forms agree very closely same, indeed, may be said of the humeri. The humerusof A. Haiokinsi (tig. 3) differs from that of A. BroecJd (fig. 4). only in being somewhat larger and stouter. Tlie sternum ofthe former (figs. 5 and 7, in its ventral and lateral aspectsrespectively) is much more perfect than that of the latter, anterior lateral processes and posterior portion (figs. 6and 8) are all wanting. I think it will be generally conceded by those ornitho-logists who compare the four pairs of drawings here given that Bibliographical Notice. 67 they present no characters by which the Chatham-Island bonescan be generically distinguished from the Mauritian, and thatthey both belong to the same genus, Aphanapteryx, thoughperhaps they may constitute two species. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. Wild Spain {Espcuia agreste): Records of Sport luith Rifle, Rod,and Gun, Natural History and Exploration. By Abel Chapmanand Walter J. Buck. Loadoii: Giirney aud Jackson, 1893. No reader wiU close this book without admittiug that it is at leastthe production of authors
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