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THE most important ornithological event in New Zealand, in recent years, was the capture of a fourth specimen of the Takahe (Notornis hochstetteri), on the west side of Lake Te Anau, in August 1898. Prof. W. B Benham sent us an interesting description of the bird at the time of its capture (vol. lviii. p. 547), and a more detailed account by him is referred to in a paper, by Sir Walter L. Buller, in vol. xxxi of the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (1898), which has just reached this country. The following particulars, with the accompanying illustration, have been derived from this source:—
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The Flightless Rail of New Zealand . Nature 61, 576–577 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/061576a0
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