Does the Takahe Still Live ?

Mr Henry's work in the preservation of the [unclear: po] kiwi, and roa has up to the present felt himno time for an exploration of the bog place patches to be found at various places in the Sounds. He feels hopeful of success [unclear: ding] his researches when he has opportunity of setting to work in earnest. It cannot [unclear: e] supposed that the two specimens obtained [unclear: Resolution] and Secretary Islands respectively were the sole remaining representatives of their [unclear: ce] on those Islands or in the Sounds, and although the lapse of years since their capture covers a considerable period, it may with reason [unclear: e] argued that in their lonely resorts, scarcely [unclear: er] visited by man, and secure from destructive natural enemies, the surviving members of the race may have increased in numbers. Mr Henry has before him work of the deepest interest to everyone in the colony, and to lovers of natural history far beyond these shores, That he may be spared to see realised his dearest hope of finding that the notornis still lives, and capturing and placing a live specimen in the hands of those who are watching the good work On which he is engaged, mast be the wish of his many friends.