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Dinornis robustus, Owen, which, with its feathers, is in the Museum of the 

 Yorkshire Philosophical Society. They " are all very imperfect, consisting 

 only of the basal portions of the shaft and accessory shaft, with here and 



there some traces of the barbs the longest fragment existing in the 



skin is only about 2 inches in length." An illustration is given. 



In the 'Transactions of the New-Zealand Institute,' 1871, vol. iv. 

 pi. ix., a very fine feather of the Moa (species not known) is figured, from 

 which I should infer that in this family the accessory plume is equal to the 

 other, as in Casuarius and Dromaus, thus demonstrating the affinity of these 

 latter with the Dinornithidse. 



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