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[168] For outline figures of the chief types of these butterflies, see my Malay Archipelago, Vol. I. p. 441, or p. 216 of the tenth edition.
[169] Dobson on the Classification of Chiroptera (Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. Nov. 1875).
[170] See Buller, "On the New Zealand Rat," Trans. of the N. Z. Institute (1870), Vol. III. p. 1, and Vol. IX. p. 348; and Hutton, "On the Geographical Relations of the New Zealand Fauna," Trans. N. Z. Instit. 1872, p. 229.
[171] Hochstetter's New Zealand, p. 161, note.
[172] The animal described by Captain Cook as having been seen at Pickersgill Harbour in Dusky Bay (Cook's 2nd Voyage, Vol. I. p. 98) may have been the same creature. He says, "A four-footed animal was seen by three or four of our people, but as no two gave the same description of it, I cannot say what kind it is. All, however, agreed that it was about the size of a cat, with short legs, and of a mouse colour. One of the seamen, and he who had the best view of it, said it had a bushy tail, and was the most like a jackal of any animal he knew." It is suggestive that, so far as the points on which "all agreed"—the size and the dark colour—this description would answer well to the animal so recently seen, while the "short legs" correspond to the otter-like tracks, and the thick tail of an otter-like animal may well have appeared "bushy" when the fur was dry. It has been suggested that it was only one of the native dogs; but as none of those who saw it took it for a dog, and the points on which they all agreed are not dog-like, we can hardly accept this explanation; while the actual existence of an unknown animal in New Zealand of corresponding size and colour is confirmed by this account of a similar animal having been seen about a century ago.
[173] Owen, "On the Genus Dinornis," Trans. Zool. Soc. Vol. X. p. 184. Mivart, "On the Axial Skeleton of the Struthionidæ," Trans. Zool. Soc. Vol. X. p. 51.
[174] The recent existence of the Moa and its having been exterminated by the Maoris appears to be at length set at rest by the statement of Mr. John White, a gentleman who has been collecting materials for a history of the natives for thirty-five years, who has been initiated by their priests into all their mysteries, and is said to "know more about the history, habits, and customs of the Maoris than they do themselves." His information on this subject was obtained from old natives long before the controversy on the subject arose. He says that the histories and songs of the Maoris abound in allusions to the Moa, and that they were able to give full accounts of "its habits, food, the season of the year it was killed, its appearance, strength, and all the numerous ceremonies which were enacted by the natives before they began the hunt, the mode of hunting, how cut up, how cooked, and what wood was used in the cooking, with an account of its nest, and how the nest was made, where it usually lived, &c." Two pages are occupied by these details, but they are only given from memory, and Mr. White promises a full account from his MSS. Many of the details given correspond with facts ascertained from the discovery of native cooking places with Moas' bones; and it seems quite incredible that such an elaborate and detailed account should be all invention. (See Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. VIII. p. 79.)
[175] See fig. in Trans. of N. Z. Institute, Vol. III., plate 12b. fig. 2.