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literature, about the Moos, but, unfortunately, the best 

 of it is not always accessible, being contained in the 

 " Nezo Zealand Journal of Science " and the " Transac- 

 tions of the New Zealand Institute.' 1 '' The volume of 

 " Transactions'" for 1893, being vol. xxvi., contains a 

 very full list of articles relating to the Moos, compiled 

 by Mr. A. Hamilton ; it will be found to commence on 

 page 229. There is a good article on Moa in Newton's 

 " Dictionary of Birds," a book that should be in every 

 library. 



Fig. 32. The Three Giants, Phororhacos, Moa, Ostrich. 



