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Appendix B. 

 List of objects found in the lower or Moa-hunter deposits of the Moa-bone 

 Point Cave: — 



No. 

 a. — Remains of Mammals. 



Bones, human ... ... ... 1 



Bones of ziphoid whales ... ... 8 



Bones of sea leopard, Stenorhynchus 



leptonyx ... .. ... 39 



Bones of fur seal, Arctocephalus loha- 



tus {?) and cinereus ... ... 332 



Bones of small fur seal, Gypsophoca 



suhtroplcalis ... ... ... 27 



Bones of dog, Canis sp. ... ... 43 



Bones of porpoise ... ... 24 



h. — Remains of Birds. 



(1) Extinct. 



howB^ oi Dinornis rohustus ... 13 



Bones of Palapteryx crassus ... 18 



'Bones oi Eiiryapteryx gravis ... 35 



Bones of Buryapteryx rheldes ... 94 



Bones of Meionornis casuarinus ... 17 



Bones oi Meionornis didiformis ... 103 



Bones of Aptornis defossor ... 1 



Bones of Aptornis otidiformis ... 2 



Fragments of bones of different species 5 1 



Tracheal rings of Moas ... ... 37 



Portions of eggshells of Moas (trays) 3 



(2) Recent. 



Bones of Graculus punctatus, spotted 



shag ... ... ... 107 



Bones of Eudyptula undina, small blue 



penguin ... ... ... 67 



Bones of Anas superciliosa, grey duck 17 

 Bones of Graculus carho, black shag 18 

 Bones of Graculus varius, pied shag 15 

 Bones of Gracidus hrevirostris, white- 

 throated shag ... ... 12 



Bones of Ossifraga gigantea, nelly ... 6 



Bones of Apteryx australis, large kiwi 3 



Bones of Nestor meridionalis, kaka... 5 



Bones of Stringops habroptilus, kakapo 2 

 Bones of tui, gulls, terns, and smaller 



birds, not yet determined . . . 148 • 

 Feathers of Nestor meridionalis, kaka 11 

 Feathers of Ossifraga gigantea, nelly 1 

 Feathers of Graculus punctatus, spot- 

 ted shag ... ... ... 39 



Feathers of Circus assimilis, harrier 1 



Feathers undetermined ... ... 5 



c. — Remains of Fishes. 



Bones of Oligorus gigas, hapuku ... 39 



(MoUusks. ) 



Unio auchlandicus, trays ... ... 1 



Mesodesma cuneata, tTSijs . . . ... 1 



Mactra discors, trays ... ... 1 



Artemis suhrosea, tr2iys ... ... 1 



Objects of Human Workmanship. 



a. — In Bone. 



Canine tooth of dog, bored at base ... 1 



Needle made of humerus of Ossifraga 



gigantea, nelly 

 Awl made of distal end of tibia of 



Ossifraga gigantea, nelly 

 Proximal end of humerus of Ossifraga 



gigantea, nelly, neatly cut off ... 



h. — In Wood. 

 Apparatus for lighting fire by circular 



motion, made of pukatea, Athero- 



sperma novcB-zecdandicR 

 Apparatus for lighting fire, by rub- 

 bing lengthwise, made of koma- 



ku, Carpodetus serratiis 

 Portions of apparatus for lighting fire, 



by rubbing lengthwise, made of 



komaku, Carpodetus serratus ... 

 Portions of apparatus for lighting fire 



by rubbing lengthwise, made of 



patete, 31elicope ternata 

 Portions of fork, made of manuka, 



Leptospermum scoparium 

 Portions of spear, made of nene, Dra- 



cophyllum sp. 

 Pieces of timber, pukatea, Atliero- 



sperma novoi-zealandice 

 Piece of timber, portion of a canoe (?) 



of tawai, Fagus menziesii 

 Portions of pile, totara, Podocarpus 



totara 

 Chips of totara, Podocarpus totara ... 

 Fork made of manuka, Leptospermum 



scoparium 

 Piece of pukatea, Atherosperma 



novce-zealandicB, portion of a 



canoe (?) 

 Pieces of tawa, Nesodaplme tawa, 



probably portions of a bird spear 



c. — In Stone. 



Polished stone implements, adze per- 

 fect 



Polished stone implements, frag- 

 ments. One of these resembles 

 the point of a tool called tamatau 

 by the Maoris, formerly used by 

 them to make fishhooks 



Pieces of gritty sandstone, taraiwaka 

 of Maoris; some with grooves 

 from sharpening tools 



Obsidian, tuhua ... 



Pumice stone 



Quartz, agate, chalcedony (cores) ... 



Chipped flint implements, of which 

 ten are cores; of the rest five 

 only show any recognisable form, 

 of which two are spearheads, 

 three knives, the rest being 

 mostly flakes 



No. 



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