70 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



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species found over that small area it became evident tliat this spot had been 

 a favourite camping ground for the Moa-hunting frequenters of the cave, 

 because in the small space between the northern side of the supposed enclosure 

 or hut, and the entrance of the cave, we obtained the following bones : 



Of Dinornis robustus. 

 Eight femur, portions of tibia and metatarsus (broken for the extraction 

 of the marrow) portion of pelvis, two ribs, four cervical and one dorsal 



vertebrae. 



Of Palapteryx crassus. 



Portions of two full-grown birds, femora, ribs and several vertebrae. 



Of Euryapteryx gravis. 

 Portions of right femur, of pelvis, two ribs, nine phalanges, one dorsal, 

 three cervical vertebrae, all the bones of this specimen being doubtless derived 

 from the same individual to which the bones of the left leg belonged, 

 previously described, and which were found towards the centre of the cave. 



Of Euryapteryx rheides. 

 Numerous bones, belonging to at least two adults, and one young 

 specimen, the leg bones broken in the usual manner, portions of pelvis, 



number 



Of Aptornis otidiformis. 



Lower portion of left tibia and femur, the marrow having evidently been 



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extracted. 



Besides these remains, belonging to our extinct birds, a great number of 

 bones of smaller species of out recent Avifauna were collected, of which 

 Gracidus punctatus (the spotted shag) and Eudyptula undina (the small blue 

 penguin) were the most numerous. Besides them, other species of the 

 Gracidus family, the grey duck [Anas superciliosa) and gulls and terns were 

 well represented. From the dirt beds a considerable number of feathers were 

 collected, mostly belonging to the spotted shag, but none which could be 

 identified as Moa feathers. 



In the upper, or shell beds, as previously stated, the bones of the spotted 

 shag were also of frequent occurrence, and besides those previously enumerated, 

 we found also a few belonging to the white crane, the nelly, and the New 

 Zealand harrier. The feathers collected in these upper beds were mostly all 

 belonging either to the spotted shag or to the kakapo {Stringops Iwhroptilus). 



It may not be here out of place to remind you that amongst the kitchen 

 middens of the Rakaia encampment, belonging to hundreds of specimens, only 

 a few bones of Dinornis ingens were found, the more g 

 thus unrepresented. 



