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Travers, W. T. L. Notes on the Extinction of the Moa, with a review 
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two letters addressed by Mr. John White to himself, giving an abstract 
of the traditions of the Maoris relating to the Moa, as gleaned by him 
from the natives themselves. With regard to the date of the extinction 
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