SKELETON OF MOA.
PRESENTED TO AUCKLAND ' MUSEUM. [THE PBESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, September 21. Although there were two species of moa ' that were largeT ' than the ' one known' as di'nornis ingens, it must. still' have been a formidable bird which walked the earth,; as it stood about eleven feet high, -Through' the kindness of Dr. D. A. Bathgate, of Ashburton, and formerly of Thames, the Auckland Museum . has just beeome the possessor cifa woE'derfully well- preserved skeleton •of 'one of
• The Curator (Mr Gilbert Archoy) this' mdrhing,' when expressing pleasure at the Museum's good;fortune, : said'ttn important' thing \wastliat it •was-ail' indi-, vidual skeleton. 'The bird : was found all over Nfew, Zealand and' there are several skeletons in' different museums, but most of. thein are made'.up from the. bones of- several found • in swamps. The skeleton ■ that has - just •been given to the Museum was. found.' in a cave near the Takaka river, Nelson. The discoverer.was a farmer, from whom Dr. Bathgate had obtained it. ■
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19112, 22 September 1927, Page 6
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