. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . Williams.—On Footprints of a Large Bird. 125 in width. The prints are such as one would imagine were made by one of thesmaller species of moa. With a very few exceptions they were all of the samesize, viz. :— Extreme length from heel to tip of middle toe . 7-f in. From heel to tip of inner toe . . 6 in. From heel to tip of outer toe . . 6 in. Distance between tips of inner and outer toes . 7 in. Greatest depth of impressions . . 1J in. The only prints of a different size were those apparently of a young bird,all in one series and at regular
. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . Williams.—On Footprints of a Large Bird. 125 in width. The prints are such as one would imagine were made by one of thesmaller species of moa. With a very few exceptions they were all of the samesize, viz. :— Extreme length from heel to tip of middle toe . 7-f in. From heel to tip of inner toe . . 6 in. From heel to tip of outer toe . . 6 in. Distance between tips of inner and outer toes . 7 in. Greatest depth of impressions . . 1J in. The only prints of a different size were those apparently of a young bird,all in one series and at regular intervals, every alternate impression beingcharacterised by a peculiarity in one of the toes, which showed that they hadall been made by the same bird. The removal of a portion of the overlyingstratum of rock, about six inches thick, brought to view another of these smallerimpressions, in the exact position which was indicated by the other membersof the series. The greater number of the larger impressions were close togetherand po
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