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Nat. Mus. No. 



20254 > Are stone implements of the Maori-ori; a large cleaver- shaped 



20255 \ stone hatchet and two chisels, also of stone. 



Skin and skeleton of Dasynrus mamMus. Concerning this ani- 

 mal Dr. Kershner writes that it was captured in the mount- 

 ainous part of Tasmania, near Hobarton ; and that it is so 

 destructive to .\oung lambs that it is being rapidly extermi- 

 uated by the colonists, who call it " tiger-cat." The skin is a 

 very fine one, and has been mounted and placed in the museum 

 collection. 

 1478 Skin and skeleton of Ornithorhyncus paradoxus, the "beast with 

 the bill." The skeleton is perfect, but the skin has been some- 

 what curtailed by trimming, and is valuable only as exhibit- 

 ing the softness and fineness Qf the fur. Obtained near Ho- 

 barton, Tasmania. 

 Strigops hahroptllis, the "owl-eyed parrot" of New Zealand, 

 obtained from Otago Museum by the courtesy of its curator, 

 Captain Hutton. The bird is nocturnal in its habits, burrows 

 in the ground or in holes in the rocks, and feeds upon 

 worms and grubs. It is becoming very scarce since the iutro 

 duction of dogs and cats into the island. 

 Bnphagus skua antarcticus, shot at Hobarton. Same species as 

 that observed at Kerguelen, the hawk-like habits of which 

 were described in the National Museum Bulletin No. 2. This 

 individual was shot in the act of devouring a tame duck which 

 it had just captured in the yard of a resident of Hobarton. 

 It is said even to attack young lambs, and to be very destruc- 

 tive to domestic fowls. 

 Skin of king penguin {Aptenodytes longirostris) obtained at Ker- 

 guelen Island, but really captured on the Falkland Islands. 

 A large collection of bones of the moa {Binornis), the great extinct 

 New Zealand bird, from Christ Church (Middle Island), New 

 Zealand. These have not yet been put together or carefully 

 examined. 

 15485 Head and fins of Trigla, sp., from Port Arthur, Tasmania. A 

 fish nearly allied to and much resembling the " sea-robin" of 

 the New England coast. 

 15484 Mutilated skin of Aracana, sp., from Hobarton, a fish closely re- 

 sembling the trunk-fish {Ostracion). 

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