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Account of some Fossil Bones 
with both animal and vegetable food, the chase and 
capture of such a creature would not only be a grand 
Of the Order Sauria, at least six distinct species are now in my 
possession. They are all (with the exception of the Tuatara already 
mentioned) small animals. Two beautiful species, one a light green 
with a long tail, the other darker green with white oblong and sub- 
reniform spots, are called by the natives Kahariki and KakawarihL 
These are often found basking in the sun stretched on the upper 
branches of some shrub. Two other species, of an ash colour, ele¬ 
gantly marked with grey and brown waterings, called by the natives 
Papa, are found in rotten and hollow trees. These four species are 
broad and flat, and have small scales which are not imbricated. 
Two other graceful species, with bodies much narrower and more 
elongated, of a brown colour with numerous light and dark coloured 
markings and dots, are called by the natives Mohomoko, and may be 
obtained in abundance in the summer season, on the shores, among 
the dry Alga and other light substances, a few feet above high-water 
mark. The other of these last-mentioned species is very scarce; I 
have only casually seen it in decayed trees in forests. All the 
species are harmless, and are objects of superstitious dread to the 
New Zealanders; chiefly so, however, to the old and ignorant. 
The flesh of the Tuatara,^ alone, is made use of by the natives as an 
article of food; only, however, by one or two tribes inhabiting the 
interior of the island, for which they have been often spoken 
contemptuously of by their countrymen. 
The Bat I have never had an opportunity of closely examining. 
It is, however, a small species ; and, like its European relative, is 
commonly seen flitting its tortuous maze on a fine summer’s evening. 
The natives call it Pekapeha . 
The Scab (Phoca) I have never seen: they are nevertheless 
well known to the natives, who call them Kekeno, and assert that 
they come on shore at night to browse on thistles! When 
captured, as they sometimes are, they afford the New Zealanders a 
rich repast: they in all probability comprise the species Ph. lep - 
tonix, Blain., Ph, leonina , Lin. 
Pigs, dogs, cats, rats, and mice, are now both wild and numerous 
throughout the whole island. Even the dense forests of the interior, 
far away from the residence of man, are infested with the smaller 
vermin. The natives attribute the destruction and all but extinction 
of the Kiwi (Apteryx australis), the Koitauke (a species of TeLrao), 
