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birds of new zealand.
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Dinornis robustus, Owen, which, with its feathers, is in the Museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. They "are all very imperfect, consisting only of the basal portions of the shaft and accessory shaft, with here and there some traces of the barbs..... the longest fragment existing in the skin is only about 2 inches in length." An illustration is given.
In the 'Transactions of the New-Zealand Institute,' 1871, vol. iv. pi. ix., a very fine feather of the Moa (species not known) is figured, from which I should infer that in this family the accessory plume is equal to the other, as in Casuarius and Dromæus, thus demonstrating the affinity of these latter with the Dinornithidæ.
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