Show MANY BIRDS UNABLE TO F having no necessity to use W to escape enemies those cerms here berg ceased to develop of the 70 kinds of birds existing I 1 new zealand 30 are found nolle noah else and of this number by far fart tt larger portion Is flightless this tha i doubt owing to the fact that tor for III i ever since the sea swallowed up bp a ats leaving only the islands CK the present dominion of 0 N lie zealand there have been no desto desta tive in the land except the sm small a 11 ones imported recently to alii aid abating the rabbit pest nud and lia ringi enemies the birds also had no noised use it wings which ceased to develop andl and i years rolled by left many species w only little nub bubbins nubbins biris for wings rude anil sol without power of flight centuries ago there were in ef efi ds I ence at least three varieties of oge tic birds two of which were as tel ILI la in body as the fabled roe the rescia re of sinbad the sailor these indue the Hapa gornis the Dinci rals or hi and the which was I 1 gantle goose the moa become became c some COO years ago it wit vis flIg flightless bird said by tradition I 1 have been a hunter of humans I 1 eater was of varying size and aad plentiful |