The common sea-urchin is Ev echinus chloroticus. It is of some 

 interest to note that the Maori name is kina. 



Of sea-anemones, the three commonest forms are Actinia tenebrosa 

 (dark red in colour and exposed at half -tide), Cradactis plicatus, and 

 Anemonia olivacea, the last usually olive-green in colour. Several other 

 sea-anemones are found, including the extraordinary Phlyctenactis retifera, 

 a large anemone frequently found floating or attached to seaweeds at 

 the surface, but dredged once from a depth of 15 fathoms. 



It will be noted that there are no Protodrilids. 



These notes refer only to the commoner or more interesting forms 

 that are likely to be met with on the Island Bay excursion, and are 

 not designed to serve as a basis for views on the New Zealand littoral 

 fauna as a whole. 



H. B. KIRK. 



ETHNOLOGICAL EXHIBITS IN THE DOMINION MUSEUM, 



WELLINGTON. 



In a brief article only a few characteristic exhibits out of many 

 can be dealt with. 



Canoes. The three principal types of canoes used by the Maori 

 in former times were (i) The double canoe ; (2) the single-hull canoe 

 with outrigger ; (3) the single-hull canoe without outrigger. The 

 first two types went out of use many years ago, but both were seen 

 in Cook's time. The ordinary canoe of No. 3 type may be divided 

 into three classes, as follows : (a.) The big capacious war-canoe, up to 

 80 ft. in length and 7 ft. to 8 ft. in width ; ornamented with carved 

 prow and stern-pieces, carved sideboards, painted devices, and feathers. 

 (b.) Fishing-canoes, used also for any form of water carriage ; plain 

 prow and stern-pieces. Both these types were composed of a dugout 

 hull of one, two, or three pieces ingeniously fastened together, with 

 a top strake lashed on to raise the sides, (c.) Small river-canoes, 

 without thwarts or decking, and minus any attachment or ornament 

 plain dugouts. 



No specimen of the old-time double and outrigger canoes has been 

 preserved, and the only specimen extant of the (a) class is that 

 in the Auckland Museum. The largest specimen in the Dominion 

 Museum is of the (b) class, used for fishing and ordinary travelling 

 purposes. An old canoe fashioned with stone tools is one of the 

 most valuable specimens. 



In the cases may be seen collections of paddles, balers, carved 

 prow and stern-pieces, and small model canoes. Fishing-gear is 

 represented by a large number of hooks in wood, bone, and shell 

 (a few being fashioned from moa-bone), nets and traps of various 

 kinds, carved and plain sinkers, spear-points, &c. 



Houses. We have one high-class carved house up, though some- 

 what impaired by the absence of the veranda and window, the wrong 

 situation of the entrance, and the substitution of fluted boards for 



