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B. “Australasia,” Wallace, p. 290.

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D. “British Museum Catalogue,” vol. xx, p. 4.

E. Cambridge Nat. Hist., Birds, Evans, pp. 364, 374.

F. “Climbs in New Zealand Alps,” Fitzgerald, p. 360.

G. “Darwinism,” Wallace, p. 75.

H. “Dictionary of Birds,” Newton, p. 627.

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U. “Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,” vol. xxi, p. 212.