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here, incidentally, that Owen constructed the egg of Dinornis 

 maximus to 412 by 326 mm., according to pi. cxix. p. 320 

 (op. cit.). 



13. Several " models/' according to Sir Walter Buller, in 

 the possession of Mr. Mantell, jr., in Wellington (see No. 9). 



Fragments of egg-shells are to be found in several Museums, 

 as at Tring, Vienna, &c. 



A very useful Bibliography, which we owe to Mr. A. 

 Hamilton (Tr. Pr. N.Z. Inst. xxvi. pp. 229-257, 1893), 

 entitled ' Materials for a Bibliography of the Dinorni- 

 thidse, the Great Extinct Birds of New Zealand, usually 

 called Moas,' contains also a great deal about the eggs, and 

 recently Dr. Benham has given us a small and rather incom- 

 plete bibliography (/. c. xxxiv. p. 151, 1902). 



Royal Zoological Museum, Dresden, 

 December 4th, 1902. 



XVIII. — Bird-Notes from Morocco and the Great Atlas. 

 By E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. 



(Plate VI.) 



During the summer of 1901 I took a journey through the 

 Central Provinces of Morocco and part of the Great Atlas 

 range. The chief object of my trip was to observe the birds, 

 and to collect such as appeared to be worth collecting. I also, 

 however, devoted a considerable portion of my time to 

 entomology. M. Henri Vaucher, a Swiss gentleman and 

 naturalist for many years resident in Tangier, accompanied 

 me as taxidermist and interpreter, and I found his knowledge 

 of the country and his tact in dealing with the by no means 

 easily-managed inhabitants to be simply invaluable ; so that 

 I consider that to him such success as attended our expedi- 

 tion is largely due. We started with the usual caravan of 

 horses and mules, ten animals in all, and with seven Moorish 

 servants, the whole of whom behaved well during our long 

 journey, which commenced on May 8th and did not finish 

 until August 21st. 



