FIND OF MOA BONES
UNEARTHED IN HAWKE’S BAY. DRAINLAYER’S DISCOVERY. Most of tho log bones of a moa, a piece of the skull and one or two pieces of the backbone have been unearthed at a spot about 100 yards from the Oniahu-Pukctapu Road, about 12 miles froir Napier. Following tho report of the find, two members of the Hawke’s Bay Philosophical Institute. Dr. A. G. Clark and Mr. C. F. H. Pollock, journeyed to the spot. They found that all the segments were well preserved, and concluded from their size that the bird had boon a largo one belonging to the Dinornis maximum class. IDr. Clark stated that the specimens were very good ones, the one unfortunate feature however, being that there was no breastbone Ho thought it possible that the finder, Mr. C. Tong, a drainlayer, might yet discover further portions of the skeleton. The discovery of the, bones was made when Mr. Tong was working at an unusual depth in tho gorge drains.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 115, 18 May 1933, Page 10
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