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xvi, 445, pikk wrappers over card, cloth spine, printed label to spine. Covers grubby, some loss to wrapper, fore edge grubby, text block shaken. Plates complete, as listed. Contents; I.Miscellaneous. Art. 1.Ethnographical Considerations on the Whence of the Maori. Appendix I. Appendix II. Appendix III. Comparative Vocabulary. Art. II.Notes upon the Historical Value of the "Traditions of the New Zealanders," as collected by Sir George Grey, K.C.B., late Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand. Art. III.Notes on the Chatham Islands, extracted from Letters from Mr. H. H. Travers. Art. IV.Moas and Moa Hunters. Address to the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Art. V.Some observations on the Annual Address of the President of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, delivered on the 1st March, 1871. Art. VI.On Recent Moa Remains in New Zealand. Art. VII.Notes on Moa Remains. Art. VIII.On the Occurrence of Footprints of a Large Bird, found at Turanganui, Poverty Bay(With Illustrations). Art. IX.On the Occurrence of Footprints of the Moa at Poverty Bay. Art. X.On the Geographical and other Features of some Little-known Portions of the Province of Wellington. Art. XI.A Description of the Foundation of the Lighthouse in the Ponui Passage. Art. XII.Work for Field Naturalists. Art. XIII.Description of a Simple Contrivance for Economising the Current of Large Rivers, for Gold-sluicing, Town Supplies, and Mill-power. Art. XIV.On some Experiments showing the Relative Value of New South Wales and New Zealand Coals as Gas-producing Materials. Art. XV.On Experiments made to determine the Value of Different Coals for Steam Purposes. Art. XVI.On the Destruction of Land by Shingle-bearing Rivers, and Suggestions for Protection and Prevention. Art. XVII.Notes on the Remains of a Stone Epoch at the Cape of Good Hope. Art. XVIII.Notes on the Practice of Out-door Photography. II.Zoology. Art. XIX.On Megapodius Pritchardi, Gray. Megapodius Huttoni Buller. Art. XX.On the Microscopical Structure of the Egg-shell of the Moa.(With Illustrations.) Art. XXI.Notes on the Lizards of New Zealand, with Descriptions of Two New Species. Art. XXII.On Some Moa Feathers.(With Illustrations.) Art. XXIII.On the New Zealand Chitonidę. Art. XXIV.Description of a Specimen of Mus rattus, L. in the Colonial Museum. Art. XXV.On the Bats of New Zealand. Art. XXVI.Observations on the New Zealand Bats. Art. XXVIINotes on the Anatomy of the Kanae. (Mugil, sp.)[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 14th October, 1871.] Art. XXVIII.Notes on Harpagornis Moorei, an Extinct Gigantic Bird of Prey, containing Description of Femur, Ungual Phalanges, and Rib. Art. XXIX.Notes on the Fur Seal of New Zealand, Arctocephalus cinereus, Gray (?)(With Illustrations.) Art. XXX.On the Fur Seal of New Zealand.[Read before the Otago Institute, 31st October, 1871.] Art. XXXI.Notes on a New Species of Rail, Rallus pictus, Painted Rail. Art. XXXII.Notes on a New Species of Gull, Larus (Bruchigavia) Bulleri, Potts. Art. XXXIII.Notes on a New Species of Apteryx. (A. Haastii, Potts.) Art. XXXIV.Notes on the Habits of Some of the Birds of New Zealand. Art. XXXV.On a Supposed New Species of Duck. Art. XXXVI.Observations on a Paper read by Mr. A. Bathgate before the Otago Institute, 11th January, 1870, "On the Lepidoptera of Otago." Art. XXXVII.Description of a New Shell found at Nelson. Art. XXXVIII.A Rock Pool and its Contents. III.Botany Art. XXXIX.On some New Species of New Zealand Plants. Art. XL.On the Flora of the Isthmus of Auckland and the Takapuna District. Art. XLI.On the Nativity in New Zealand of Polygonum aviculare, L. Art. XLII. Notes on the New Zealand Asteliads, with Descriptions of New Species. Art. XLIII.A Comparison of the Indigenous Floras of the British Islands and New Zealand. Art. XLIV.Notes on the Local Distribution of Certain Plants common to the British Islands and New Zealand. Art. XLV.On the New Zealand Species of Pitt. Seller Inventory # 003389
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