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Show A Queer Bird. During a visit to Now Zealand Dr. Fristedi, succeeded in obtaining a specimen of the quaint and almost extinct ex-tinct kibi bird. The bird is somewhat like an ostrich, but only the size of. a crow; it has no wings at all, and is covered with fur-like, short-striped feathers. Anothor peculiarity about the kibi is tho fact that its egg is larger than one-third of its body. He also succeeded in bringing home Borne Maori skulls, which are difficult to obtain, ob-tain, on account of the manner in which the natives bury their dead. When the bodies have been so long in the ground that all the flesh has fallen from the skeleton, they unearth them and carry them into the interior of the forests, where they are deposited de-posited in natural caves, which are very difficult to find. Any one discovered dis-covered with one is sure to be killed. |