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I OBSERVE in your interesting paper of Feb. 17th, a statement that the larger varieties of Dinornis had, in all probability, become extinct before the occupation of the Middle Island of New Zealand by the present race of natives. I have observed previous statements to the same effect, supported by the authority of gentlemen whose opinions deserve the highest consideration, and by the assertion that no tradition of the existence of such birds has been found amongst the present representatives of the native race. I have good reason to question the accuracy of the latter assertion, at any rate.
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DAVISON, W. The Dinornis. Nature 1, 604 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001604a0
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