228 Transactions. — Zoology. 



monkey was found on some floating timber in the Sunda 

 Straits. She was terribly scorched, but completely recovered, 

 and was still alive when he wrote. 



In this connection Wallace points out that Nature can 

 afford to wait, and that, if but once in a thousand years (and 

 he might have said in many thousand years) two or three 

 minute snails were conveyed to a distant island, this is all 

 that would be required for us to find that island well stocked 

 with a great and varied population of land-shells. It must be 

 remembered, too, that, under favourable conditions, the rate of 

 increase of these animals is enormous. It is not more than 

 three years since a few specimens of the introduced snail now 

 so common in our gardens were seen near Paikakariki, and 

 they were probably the progeny of a few individuals acci- 

 dentally carried there ; but those who have noted the 

 countless millions now swarming and sheltering under the 

 loose rocks near the railway - station there will be quite 

 satisfied that a single pair of these creatures introduced 

 into an oceanic island would be quite sufficient to stock it 

 within a very limited period. In conclusion, I would ask the 

 members of the Society to induce any of their friends who may 

 be engaged in bush-clearing in the west-coast district of this 

 Island, to endeavour to obtain specimens of the dark hochstetteri, 

 containing the animal, in order that we may be able to deter- 

 mine, by examination and comparison of its structure with that 

 of other specimens of the group, whether it is or is not entitled 

 to specific distinction. I hope shortly to be in a position to 

 bring before the Society some of the more interesting facts in 

 connection with the anatomy of the animal which inhabits the 

 Picton shell. 



Abt. XXV. — Further Contributions toivards a Bibliography 

 of the Dinornithidae, the Great Extinct Birds of New 

 Zealand, usually called Moas. — Suppleriient No. 1. 



By A. Hamilton. 

 [Read before the Otago Institute, 13th November, 1894.] 



Since presenting my collection of bibliographical memoranda 

 on the moas, I have been favoured with additional entries 

 from Sir Walter Buller, who very kindly sent me ten slips, 

 and from Captain Hutton, who has also kindly added his 

 valued assistance by noting some that had been left out. A 

 few other notices have been collected by myself, and are now 

 communicated. I trust that I may reiterate the remarks 

 made in my last paper, and ask again for the co-operation of 

 others in making the list more nearly complete. 



