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9. They also travelled far into the interior of this island to 

 obtain flint for the manufacture of their primitive stone 

 implements. 



10. They did not possess implements of nephrite (greenstone) . 



11. The polishing process of stone implements is of consider- 

 able age in New Zealand, as more-finished tools have been 

 found in such positions that their great antiquity cannot 

 be doubted, and which is an . additional proof of the long 

 extinction of the Moa. 



2. Notes on Harpagornis moorii, an extinct Gigantic Bird of 

 Prey, containing Descriptions of Femur, Ungual Phalanges, 

 and Rib. Trans. N.-Z. Inst. 1871, pp. 192-196, plates x., xi. 



The bones here described were found with remains of Dinornis, 

 five or six feet below the surface, in the swamp at Glenmark, 

 which has already yielded Dr. Haast such a rich harvest. The 

 author compares the bones with those of Circus, and conjectures 

 that they belonged to a gigantic bird allied to the Harriers. 

 From this he deduces that the Moas, upon which Harpagornis 

 is supposed to have preyed, were diurnal in habits. Further 

 excavations are being made ; so we may hope soon to hear more 

 of this remarkable form. 



H ALLEY, J. J. 



A Monograph of the Psittacidse, or Parrot Family, of Australia. 

 V. antea, p. 188. 



Hamilton, J. F. 



Notes on Birds from the Province of Sad Paulo, Brazil. Ibis, 

 1871, pp. 301-309. 



Contains field-notes on forty-five species of birds collected by 

 the author in Brazil. 



Hanf, p. Blasius. 



Ornithologische Miscellen, Verb. k.-k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, 



1871, pp. 87-98. 

 Contains notes on various European birds. 



Harting, James Edmund. 



1. The Ornithology of Shakespeare. Critically examined, ex- 

 plained, and illustrated. London : 1871. 8vo, pp. 321. 

 V. antea, p. 185. 



