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NORTH GALLERY. 
[upper 
the ossiferous cavern of Bruniquel in the South of France. On the 
lower shelves of the two adjoining cases are placed other human re- 
mains, together with worked implements of stone and bone, and nu- 
merous horns, teeth, and bones of the Reindeer, gigantic Ox, Ibex, 
Chamois, Wild Horse, Bird's bones, &c, the remains of the animals 
which served as food for the men of the Flint Period in that part of 
Europe. 
On the upper shelves of the Cases to the right and left of the 
Human Skeleton are arranged numerous mammalian remains from 
South America. 
The gigantic Bird Skeleton (Dinornis elephantopus, Owen), in the 
middle of the room, together with the legs of a second species of more 
slender proportions, and of much greater height (the Dinornis 
robustus, Owen), form part of the series of Bird-remains discovered 
in New Zealand, which are arranged in Room III., and referred to 
in the account given of the principal objects displayed in that 
room, 
In the Islands of New Zealand, where alone remains of the Dinornis 
have been found, no similar wingless bird is now known to exist of 
larger size than the Kivi (Apteryx Australis), which does not exceed 
two feet in height, and which is also peculiar to New Zealand. 
GEORGE R. WATERHOUSE. 
