APPENDIX. 



A . page 94. " An A ccount of some enormous Fossil Bones of an un- 

 known species of the Class Aves, lately discovered in New Zealand ; " by 

 the REV. W. COLENSO, was published in the " Tasmanian Journal/' 1842 ; 

 and republished in the " Annals of Natural History." The length to 

 which the text has extended, forbids, the insertion of an abstract of this 

 able commentary on the nature and relations of the Moa and its kindred. 



B. page 96. Mr. Walter ManteWs Collection of Fossil Remains of 

 the extinct Birds of New Zealand, in the British Museum, Room II. 

 The first collection sent to England by my son, in 1847, consisted of 

 nearly 900 specimens ; such an assemblage of the fossil bones of Birds 

 was, I may venture to affirm, never before seen in Europe ; every palae- 

 ontologist who saw it expressed astonishment at its extent and variety, 

 and no one more than Professor Owen, to whom I gave the exclusive 

 privilege of describing the specimens. 1 It was catalogued by my son 

 as follows : 



BIRDS' BONES. Crania and mandibles, 19; vertebras, 250; sterni, 7; 

 pelves, 30 ; femora, 37 ; tibiae, 42 ; fibulae, 35 ; tarso-metatarsals, 40 ; 

 phalangeals, 200 ; unguals or claw-bones, 30 ; ribs, 30 ; egg-shells, 36 

 portions. 



SEALS. Jawa and teeth, portions of crania, vertebrae, ribs, scapulae, 

 bones of the extremities. 



TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIA. One femur of a species of Dog. 



C. page 111. Professor Owen's Memoirs on the Dinomis, <tc. are 

 published in the " Transactions of the Zoological Society of London : " 

 they consist of five parts : I. " Notice of a Fragment of the Femur of a 



1 The following is an extract from a letter now before me from Pro- 

 fessor Owen, dated " Royal College of Surgeons, Christmas Day, 1847." 

 " I feel very sensibly the mark of kindness and confidence which you 

 have given me in placing your son's unique rarities in my hands for 

 description ; the more so as this liberal and generous conduct contrasts 

 with that of others from whom I had expected better things." 



