Has received the shipment of skeletons of fowls. Asks TCE species name of Gungla cock. Mentions other specimens.
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Has received the shipment of skeletons of fowls. Asks TCE species name of Gungla cock. Mentions other specimens.
CD is unable to locate his specimens of two Falkland Island birds [Opetiorhynchus].
Discusses results of his examination of fowls’ skeletons. Wants to quote TCE on variation in skeletons of allied species. Asks about skulls of birds with topknots.
Asks TCE to confirm some general statements on resemblances in skeletons of birds of same genus.
Thanks President and Council of Ethnological Society for his election.