THE STEEN BILLE AND BLOXAM AHUULA. 



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duce the illustration which was from a photograph kindly sent by Dr. Sophus Muller the 

 distinguished antiquarian and ethnologist, Director of the Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen. 

 We were used to the fading of these feather ahuula in the bright light of the tropics, but 

 were surprised to see that even here the fading was evident since the previous visit. 



The measurements are as follow: extreme breadth 36 inches; depth of back 18 

 inches, of front 12 inches. Red and black spots on the front edges and neck; the cres- 

 cents and semicrescents are of dark green (yHemiguathns procerus^ Cab.?) or on {^Psitti- 

 rosira psittacea^ Gmel.). The bird from which the feathers came is uncertain as the 

 olive green has faded and without the bird for comparison the exact color is doubtful. 



In the color plate made from the photograph 

 sent, with the original color restored as 

 nearly as possible, this beautiful cape may 

 be seen. (Frontispiece.) 



CLOAK IN NEW ZEALAND, NO. 76. 



Among the specimens of which measure- 

 ments were wanting in the original essay, 

 but were supplied in the first Supplement 

 was No. 76 (I, p. 77, fig. 104; measurements 

 given p. 447). As it is certainly more con- 

 venient to have the diagram with the meas- 

 urements which Mr. J. Edge-Partington has 

 kindly supplied, the original diagram is here 

 repeated. The measurements show that the 

 lateral compression was great, doubtless due to the exigencies of a note-book. Width 

 at neck, 2 feet 7 inches; round bottom, 9 feet i inch; length at back, 4 feet 3 inches; 

 in front 4 feet. While small for a cloak it is too large for a regular cape. It is a matter 

 of regret that the possessor is still unknown. If it should finally find its resting place 

 in some public museum the diagram and measurements will serve to identify it. 



The diagram and measurements did indeed serve to identify this cloak sooner 

 than imagined. In examining my notes on the Bloxam cloak the measurements were 

 almost the same and quite as close as can usually be made on a cloak somewhat worn 

 and loose in texture. The shape of the central ornament differed, but I could not doubt 

 that we had "run to cover" the long unknown owner of this interesting ahuula. I have 

 left this as originally written in order that the two diagrams may be compared. 



' BLOXAM CLOAK, CHRISTCHURCH, N. Z. 



An interesting cloak that I was enabled to examine while a guest of the owner in 

 Christchurch, New Zealand, is shown in diagram No. 29. It belongs to A. R. Bloxam, 

 Esq., and was obtained during the voyage of the Blonde of which his father Rev. Andrew 



FIG. 28. CLOAK NO.. 76. 



