. Geology of the provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand, a report comprising the results of official explorations. Pi o Pi. Skeleton of Aptornis otidnoi Canterlury and Westland. 449 been living simultaneously, first appearing in the Great Glacier periodand reaching to quaternary times, when they became extinct by thehand of man, and through other physical causes previously alluded the conclusions of Professors Cocchi and Owen, quotedabove, cannot be sustained, when we take the occurrence of Moa-bonesin the series of beds now examined over both Islands into account. I
. Geology of the provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand, a report comprising the results of official explorations. Pi o Pi. Skeleton of Aptornis otidnoi Canterlury and Westland. 449 been living simultaneously, first appearing in the Great Glacier periodand reaching to quaternary times, when they became extinct by thehand of man, and through other physical causes previously alluded the conclusions of Professors Cocchi and Owen, quotedabove, cannot be sustained, when we take the occurrence of Moa-bonesin the series of beds now examined over both Islands into account. It has repeatedly been advanced as a proof of the recent extinctionof the different Dinornis species, that the bones of the Notomis havebeen found in a few localities, together with those of the former, whileafterwards that gigantic rail was discovered to be still living in somelonely parts near the west coast of this Island. A similar argumentmight be adduced to prove the recent extinction of the Mammoth, andthe Woolly Rhinoceros in Europe, because the fox, the wolf, the hare,and a number of other animals, still living in the sa
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