THE ZooLocist—Aveust, 1875. 4568 
paper on the Rakaia encampment—that the moa-hunters chased 
the dog for food, without having it domesticated—certainly gains 
in probability by these new observations. 
Amongst the smaller birds enumerated above, and of which none 
are extinct, the presence of the bones of the kakapo (Stringops 
habroptilus) and of the large kiwi or roa (Apterya Australis) proves 
that these birds inhabited the peninsula and its neighbourhood, 
from where they have now disappeared, a long time. The only 
fish bones obtained in the lower beds belonged, mostly all, to the 
hapuku (Oligorus gigas). 
The upper or shell beds also did not contain any objects of 
value which had belonged to the Maoris, although a great number 
of things were found, either broken, become useless, and thrown 
away, or accidentally dropped. There were only a few pieces of 
broken polished stone implements and a small piece of nephrite 
(greenstone) among them. 
List of Objects found in the Upper or Maori Deposits. 
a. Remains of Mammals. 
Bones, human - - - - E XY f 3 Ht iS 
Bones of whales, ziphoid - - - 2 as eS e{fts 
» porpoise - - - - - 5 y = aAG 
» dog a ee eel ee ewe ae Tears pie Pee 
, » sea leopard - : : Z p =) al 
see tat Beal... Fs - - = s : 3 <p ee 
» little fur seal - : P = : 5 + 49 
5 6tab = - - - = = 2 A Pe ot 
b. Remains of Birds.—1. Extinct. 
Small pieces of moa bones, mostly bleached and decomposed 7 
2. Recent. 
Bones of spotted shag —- 2 : = me tesa f) (0): 
»»  Graculussp.? - - - : 3 s spy 
» gray duck - - - - “ : tg 
» harrier ‘. E - - : < : 28) 
» white crane (Ardea alba) - - - - “40 2 
» paradise duck (Casarca variegata) Le e963 
» large kiwi - - - - 2 s ee. 
» nelly - - - - - 5 fs Se | 
», small birds, not yet determined - - - - 87 
Feathers of spotted shag - - - - - : - 62 
2 kakapo - - - - - - - 49 
