4562 THE ZooLocist—Aveust, 1875. 
Bones of small fur seal (Gypsophoca subtropicalis) —- - 27 
DI Ag FOREN SOT ARR FRADE ISI 1S Ne 
5» porpoise - - . - - - - - OZ 
b. Remains of Birds.—1. Extinct. 
Bones of Dinornis robustus —- : - . - - 13 
»  Palapteryx crassus’ - - : - E =nuts 
»  Huryapteryx gravis - - - : E =5 See 
” ” rheides_ - - = 2 a = Ow 
», Meionornis casuarinus - = = E Pea (7 
” ” didiformis = . F = - 103 
» Aptornis defossor : : - = < ta 
” »,  otidiformis - - - = : ey 
Fragments of bones of different species —- - : - 51 
Tracheal rings of moas -~—- - - =) WES eet i 
Portions of egg-shells of moas - - - - - - 8 
2. Recent. 
Bones of spotted shag (Graculus punctatus) - - - 107 
» small blue penguin (Hudyptula undina) ~ = OF 
» gray duck (Anas superciliosa) - - - =o eal 
» black shag (Graculus carbo) - . = ait Nie 
»» pied shag (G. varius) - - : 4 == ip 
»  Whitethroated shag (G. brevirostris) —- - - =e 
» nelly (Ossifraga gigantea) - - - : Ea 
» large kiwi (Apteryw Australis) — - - : SAAD I 
» kaka (Nestor meridionalis) -  .- - - = 3 
» kakapo (Stringops habroptilus) — - : : og 
», tui, gulls, terns, and smaller birds, not yet deter- 
mined - - - - - - - - 148 
Feathers of kaka = - - - - : : - a) ie 
- nelly’ - E E Z 2 Z : Earth | 
” spotted shag - - : : Eg ss - 39 
0 harrier (Circus assimilis) - - 3 ee. | 
Feathers undetermined - - - - - - =a 
The curious fact, first observed at the Rakaia encampment, that 
none of the bones of the kitchen middens were gnawed by dogs, 
was also recognised in and near the cave, the smallest bones, 
without exception, being quite intact, except where cut or broken 
by human hauds. On the other hand, in the upper or shell beds, 
many of the bones appeared to have been gnawed by rats and a 
few by dogs. In any case, the hypothesis first put forward in my 
