MOA LEG-BONE FOUND
GOOD PRESERVATION GISBORNE DISCOVERY A leg-bone of a moa in a remarkable degree of preservation was found in Gisborne recently and left with the Government veterinary officer, Mr. R. E. Alexander, who forwarded it to the museum authorities.
Mr. Alexander stated that the bone was left in his office during his absence, and he does not know who discovered it or where the find was made, but he had never seen a moa bone in such a good degree of preservation. He believed that the bone was found in Gisborne. It was the right leg-bone, from the !eg downwards, the scientific term being the Tarso metatarsus of the dinorn.is Novae Zealandac. “This species is the third largest in size of lh*e genus dinornis,” states the museum report. The bones of this species are long and slender. Twenty kinds of moa were known to have existed in New Zealand. The bone in question was immature, although almost the size of that from an adult bird.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20093, 13 November 1939, Page 11
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