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The forty-eighth annual report of the trustees of the American Museum of National History contains a reference to the group of New Zealand tuataras (Sphenodon punctatus) in the institution. In acknowledging help from this Dominion the report says: "The Canterbury Museum has been especially active, sending photographs of Ifarewa Island, in the Bay of Plenty, and of the .Sphenodon burrow there, specimens of ferns and shrubs, and of the volcanic rock, as well as of insects which form tho food of Sphenodon. Detailed descriptions of these, and of all tho birds that frequent tho placo, have been sent by a careful observer, Mr. E. W. B. Oliver. The specimens, nine in number, have been prepared. The character of the material is so authentic and definite that it is thought possible to construct a panoramic group of tho world's most famous reptilo, instead of tho smaller floor group originally planned."

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 17, 15 October 1917, Page 5

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Untitled Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 17, 15 October 1917, Page 5

Untitled Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 17, 15 October 1917, Page 5

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