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Mr. Mr. 
Trimmer’s Darbishircs REMARKS. 
Spocimcns. List. 
53 Trophon Gunneri .... 
• • /• 
54 Mangelia turricula . . 
f. Some in very good 
condition. 
55 ,, nebula .... 
* o 
56 „ rufa 
57 ,, ? pyramidalis 
* 0 
Strom .... 
. . v. r. Also at Fort William, 
J effreys. 
58 Balanus Hameri .... 
. . 2 Fragments. 
59 Cliona (? two species) . 
. . v. r. In pieces of Cyprina, 
&c. 
Total, 56 species in 59 forms. 
Ciiahles Clay, M.D., read a paper “ On the Existence of 
the Moa of Naturalists in New Zealand,” and related two 
instances in which it had been seen by different individuals, 
and its very recent footprints by many others, on the shores 
of the Middle Island ; once on the coast near the gold 
digging locality, and once on the banks of the Mockilinui 
River, about two miles from the coast, and twenty-five miles 
north of the Buller River. It is described as at least eight 
feet in height ; the head as large as that of a full grown 
calf, with a semicircular scarlet patch of about three fingers 
breadth under each eye, a thick short straight bill ; its legs 
very thick and clumsy ; the neck very short. In fact, the 
head, neck, and legs appeared out of proportion even with its 
huge body. The bird was feeding from the tops of the under- 
bush, never attempting to feed from the ground, the shortness 
of its neck rendering such a process impossible. The neck 
for a considerable distance from the head downward was 
denuded of feathers, like the vulture, and the general colour 
of its plumage was of a dusky brown. Both observers dif- 
fered slightly from the description as given by Professor Owen, 
