Show A queer hird during a visit to new zealand dr Frie todi succeeded la in obtain obtaining InC a specimen of the and al at most ox ex albl bird the bird is somewhat like an ostrich but only the size of a crow it has no wings at all and is to covered with fur like ilko ashurt striped feathers another peculiarity about the bibi Is the fact that its erg egg is larger than one third of its body HO abo also succeeded in bringing borne home some maori which are difficult to obtain on account of the manner in which the natives buty their dead whoa when the bodies have been so long ong in the ground that all the cosh lash has fallen from the skeleton they unearth then and carry them into the interior of the forestt fore ati where they are deposited in natural caves which are very difficult to find bad any one ono discovered with ono is euro sure to be killed LL |