116 LETTER FROM SIR GEORGE GREY. (Feb. 24, 
Cervi of New World. 
a. Cervus 
1. canadensis, ex Amer. bor. 
6. CaRIACUS 
. virginianus, ex Am. bor. orient. 
. leucurus, ex Amer. bor. centr. 
. mexicanus, ex Mexico et Guatemala, 
. macrotis, ex Am. bor. centr. 
. columbianus, ex Am. bor. occident. 
gymnotis, ex Venezuela. 
. savannarum, ex Guiana. 
aS A) 
c. BLASTOCERUS 
9. paludosus, ex Brasil. et Paraguay. 
10. campestris, ex Brasil. et Paraguay. 
d. FURCIFER 
11. antisiensis, ex Andibus Boliv. et Perny. 
12. chilensis, ex And. Peruv. 
e. Coassus 
13. nemorivagus, ex Guiana. 
14. rufus, ex Brasil. 
15. rufinus, ex Venezuela et Nov. Granada. 
16. toltecus, ex Mexico. 
f. Pupu 
17. pudu, ex Chilia. 
The Secretary read the following letter, which had been addressed 
to him by Sir George Grey, K.C.B., F.Z.S., in reference to Prof. 
Owen’s communication ofa letter from Dr. Haast read at the 
Meeting on January 27th* :— 
“1 am much obliged to you for calling my attention to Dr. Haast’s 
statements. I see that he has found some kitchen-middens on the 
banks of the Rakaia river in the Middle Island of New Zealand, 
which contained bones of the Moa, the Native Dog, the Seal, the 
Whale, and also of Sea-Gulls. 
«These bones were found in cooking-places or ovens built like 
those of the Maories, and are now covered by from six to eight 
inches of silt and vegetable soil. 
*‘T have often found Moa-bones under similar circumstances, 
sometimes covered by a greater depth of soil; but I have regarded 
the ovens as of comparatively recent construction. These ovens are 
Polynesian cooking-places ; the Australian and several other savage 
races cook their food in quite a different way. 
«Along with Moa-bones I have several times found bones of the 
* See anted, p. 53. 
