. Geology of the provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand, a report comprising the results of official explorations. zH £ o Eh W ^W w cc <i i—io zo •v. o5. SKELETON OF DINORNIS MAXIMUS (OWEN) withthabdof a, MORIORI (CHATHAM ISLANDS.) FOR COMPARISON. Canterlury and Westhnd: 431 implements, together with chipped ones, a fact proved beyond a doubt,during my excavations in the Moa-bone Point Cave. However, thisdoes not lessen in any way the proofs of their age, because as previouslypointed out, well finished polished stone implements have been foundat the West Coast, in beds, the great
. Geology of the provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand, a report comprising the results of official explorations. zH £ o Eh W ^W w cc <i i—io zo •v. o5. SKELETON OF DINORNIS MAXIMUS (OWEN) withthabdof a, MORIORI (CHATHAM ISLANDS.) FOR COMPARISON. Canterlury and Westhnd: 431 implements, together with chipped ones, a fact proved beyond a doubt,during my excavations in the Moa-bone Point Cave. However, thisdoes not lessen in any way the proofs of their age, because as previouslypointed out, well finished polished stone implements have been foundat the West Coast, in beds, the great age of which cannot be doubted. (B) The Di^oenithid^ oe Moa. This chapter would be incomplete were I not to offer a few observa-tions on the DinomithidcB, the great extinct wingless birds of NewZealand. It has been the good fortune of the Colony, that some, ifnot the very first Moa bones discovered in New Zealand, were handedover to Professor E,. Owen, , the illustrious pupil and successorof Cuvier, and from that date, November, 1839, or for nearly 40 yearsthat great comparative anatomist has continued his work on our extinctAvifauna, on the ample materi
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