80 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 
Fie. 3. Tarsus of Moa, BR perfect, length 10 inches. 
P, p, girth, 9 inch 
T, T, girth, 4 SURE 
8, 8, girth, 8 inches. 
Prat 
Fro. 1. Upper surface of fragment of pelvis and dorsal vertebre of Moa; deeply indented 
with muscular i ss ns. 
a—b, measures 94 inch 
c, canal of medulla inal, 
d, outer edge of acetabulum. 
Obs.—This bone differs very considerably from such bones in other birds, in its 
peculiar carinated shape in that portion which must have formed the lower 
part of the back. It must have been also considerably larger when entire, as 
the whole of the upper ridge is much broken. 
Fre. 2, Under surface of Figure 1. 
a, a, & perfect part of the bone, where, in the narrowest place, it measures 3 inches 
-way across. 
b, outer edge of acetabulum. 
c, canal of medulla spinalis. 
Part II.— What I have gleaned since. 
$ 1. Posrrrve (if such it may be called) ! 
I. Myrus, og LEGENDS. 
1. The Myth of Ngahue. 
Ix all the legends and myths of the Maoris that I have heard recited, and 
taken down, and received from them in writing (including, also; those pub- 
lished by Sir G. Grey*), I have only onee met with any mention of the Moa ; 
and this is in the very ancient Mythe of Ngahue;+ who, it is said, visited 
New Zealand before the so-called migration hither from ** Hawaiki:’’ there- 
fore it is that I place this legend first in order. In this legend, which is a 
partieularly interesting one, the Moa is mentioned twice; but then only in 
the most casual way—provokingly so! I shall just give here the two short 
sentences from that original Maori tale ; as I intend translating the whole 
of this brief legend with explanatory notes shortly. Strangely enough, the 
translation of this tale given by Sir G. Grey (supra) omits one of those two 
sentences which mention the Moa, or I would willingly quote from his 
published translation. 
Of Ngahue it is said,—that he arrived in New Zealand and visited both 
Islands ; and on his returning from the South, Arahura (= Westland), and 
on his way to the East Coast, Whangaparaoa (= Cape Runaway), “he 
* * Polynesian Mythology," 1855. 
+ Called in the Polynesian Mythology (p. 132), ** The Legend of Poutini and Whaiapu.” 
