EXTINCT ANIMALS 



traditions as to the hunting of the ]\Ioa still in 

 existence. The Moa of Madagascar seems to 



Fig. 176. — Photographs to one scale of the Apteryx, the 

 Ostrich and the giant Moa of New Zealand, each with its 



egg- 

 have been a smaller bird, but laid a proportion- 

 ately much larger egg. It will be seen in Fig. 



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