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moa heads of different species, two complete (as I 
believe) spurs of the wings such as the kiwi has, 
and bones belonging to several genera of the 
moa of which I have seen no description. I had 
also a fossil bone believed to have been the bone 
of a quadruped, and many bones of the moa 
which had been gnawed by some large animal — ■ 
some of them had been even crunched, as you 
could see the marks of the teeth of each jaw at 
the point of separation where the bone had been 
crunched off I had also specimens of a new bird 
allied to the kiwi, but much larger and differently 
marked ; said now to be extinct. It inhabits the 
Middle Island, and is what has been taken for the 
moa there. I had also many specimens of the 
kakapo, and I am almost afraid to say it, but 
bones which we all regarded as the rudimentary 
wings of the moa, to which the spurs corre- 
spondee! — these have all now vanished in the 
flames, but I will in the course of this summer 
endeavour to collect again as much as I can. . . 
This year London was considerably disturbed 
by the Chartist riots. ‘ The bigger Westminster 
boys are made special constables, but R. came in 
with the news that the mob had evaporated, and 
that the petition was carried to the House in a 
cab ! He went on to Sir Robert Peel’s to inquire 
after Lady Peel. The windows all closely shut 
and barred. At Gwydyr House he could not 
get in at hrst, but when in he found all the 
