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and examined the caves^ whence he obtained a large number 

 of feathers of the same small Moa, He also discovered a 

 " Moa-hunter's Camp/' and remarks : — 



"There is absolute evidence in this case of the use of the Moa 

 as food. The quantity of bones lying by the ovens in which 

 they were cooked, and the comparative absence of any other 

 inducement (Wekas being the only possible prey) for hunters 

 to visit and camp on such an inhospitable spot, all point to 

 these being Moa-hunters' encampments, to which blocks of 

 suitable stone have been brought from afar to serve as 

 knives for the feast. The caves and shelters in the huge 

 mass of mountains close at hand have furnished some of the 

 best preserved specimens of the Moa yet found, and were, no 

 doubt, a summer feeding-ground of the Moa, to which yearly 

 expeditions were made." 



12. Hamilton on the Birds of Macquarie Island. 



[Notes on a Visit to Macquarie Island. By A. Hamilton. Trans. N. 

 Zealand lust, xxvii. p. 559.] 



Mr. Hamilton visited Macquarie Island, south of New 

 Zealand, in 1894, to study the plants and general natural 

 history, and gives us an interesting account of it. Several 

 pages are devoted to his notes on the birds of the island, 

 and a list of them is given. The only land-bird is a Parrot 

 {Cyanorhamphus erythrotis'), now probably extinct. Four 

 Penguins visit the island for breeding purposes — the '^King- 

 Penguin " (^Aptenodi/tes jyennanti), the " Royal Penguin " 

 (Eudyptes schlegeli) , the "Victoria Penguin" (E.filholi), 

 and a Rock-hopper {Eudyptes). Weka Rails have been 

 introduced, and have multiplied exceedingly. 



13. Hartert on Birds from Fergusson Island. 



[Some new and other rare Birds from Fergusson Island. By Ernst 

 Hartert. Novitates Zool. ii. p. 61.] 



Six birds are described as of special interest, from a col- 

 lection made in Fergusson Island, of the D'Entrecasteaux 

 group, by Mr. A. Meek. Among these Cyclopsittacus virago, 

 Loriculus aurantiifrons meeki, and Ptilopus lewisii vicinns 



