MOA BONES.
TRESS ASSOCIATION. GISBORNE, November 1, Mr Hill, Inspector of Schools, has returned from a visit to the cave at Wharekopae, where a find of moa bones was recently reported. He brings a number of skulls and a largo collection of bones, including eight pelvis and all the bones attendant upon tho complete skeletons of birds, oven including the tracheal bones. It is proposed to exploit the caves at the beginning of next year, after the burning of tho scrub, when Mr Hill is satisfied a largo collection of different kinds of rare birds will be found. The collection was found at an elevation of 2000 ft.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5735, 2 November 1905, Page 5
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108MOA BONES. New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5735, 2 November 1905, Page 5
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