. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . EMU CHICK. Hector.—On Recent Moa Remains. Ill the probable extent of change to which the egg-shell has been subjected in thismanner, a fragment was analysed and proved to contain only -9 per cent, oforganic matter, while the egg-shell of the Emu contains as much, as 78 9 percent., from which we may infer that the shell of the Moa egg had been almostwholly deprived of its animal matter. I happen to have in the Museum an egg of the Emu, also containing thebones of a chick which had reached about the same stage of development, sothat I was able
. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . EMU CHICK. Hector.—On Recent Moa Remains. Ill the probable extent of change to which the egg-shell has been subjected in thismanner, a fragment was analysed and proved to contain only -9 per cent, oforganic matter, while the egg-shell of the Emu contains as much, as 78 9 percent., from which we may infer that the shell of the Moa egg had been almostwholly deprived of its animal matter. I happen to have in the Museum an egg of the Emu, also containing thebones of a chick which had reached about the same stage of development, sothat I was able to institute some very interesting comparisons. The principaldifference in the outward appearance of the bones is, that while the Moachick bones are of a light brown colour, spongy texture, and adhere to thetongue like baked clay, the Emu chick bones have a dense brittle structure,white colour, and smooth surface that is not porous. The most remarkablefeature, however, is the enormous disproportion in the bones of the extremities,while there is very little
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