THE EXTINCT NOTORNIS.
REPORTED DISCOVERY IN SOUNDS. LIBERATED MOOSE PHOTOGRAPHED. INVERCARGILL, January 26. The Southland Acclimatisation Society received a telegram yesterday from the ranger (Mr O. J. Evans) that he had secured photographs of moose, and also of a bird which is believed to be the notomis. Mr Evans is at present engaged in investigating the acclimatisation of moose in the country surrounding Doubtful Sound. The moose were liberated on February 24, 1910, and were imported from Western Canada. This is the first concrete evidence that the moose have been acclimatised, though traces have been seen previously. These are the only moor-e in the Southern Hemisphere. Should the second portion of the telegram lie correct, it will prove that the notornis is not extinct. Only four specimens of the bird have ever been found, three of these being in the Fiord DistrictTlie last capture was made about 25 years ago. Mr Evans is in the hinterland of tho Sounds District, and the message was apparently sent overland with tourists.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3594, 30 January 1923, Page 22
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169THE EXTINCT NOTORNIS. Otago Witness, Issue 3594, 30 January 1923, Page 22
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