1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of New Zealand Language' (Church Missionary Society), p. 181:
"Moe [sic], a bird so called."
1839. `Proceedings of Zoological Society,' Nov. 12:
[Description by Owen of <i>Dinornis</i> without the name of Moa. It contained the words—
"So far as my skill in interpreting an osseous fragment may be credited, I am willing to risk the reputation for it, on the statement that there has existed, if there does not now exist, in New Zealand a Struthious bird, nearly, if not quite equal in size to the Ostrich.">[
1844. Ibid. vol. iii. pt. iii. p. 237:
[Description of <i>Dinornis</i> by Owen, in which he names the Moa, and quotes letter from Rev. W. (afterwards Bishop) Williams, dated Feb. 28, 1842, "to which they gave the name of Moa.">[
1848. W. Westgarth, `Australia Felix,' p. 137:
"The new genus Dinornis, which includes also the celebrated moa, or gigantic bird of New Zealand, and bears some resemblance to the present Apteryx, or wingless bird of that country . . . The New Zealanders assert that this extraordinary bird was in existence in the days of their ancestors, and was finally destroyed by their grandfathers."
1867. F. Hochstetter, `New Zealand' (English translation), p. 214: