Show WANY MAMY BIRDS UNABLE TO FLY having no necessity to uso use wings to escape enemies those members member ceased to develop of the 70 kinds of birds existing in new zealand 30 are found nowhere else aal of this number by far the larger portion Is flightless this no doubt owing to tho the fact that for ages aver eyer since the sea swallowed ap a continent leaving only the islands corn com the pres present elit dominion of new zealand there have been no destrie i UT TV in the land except those thosa couill ones imported recently to aid la in tho the rabbit pest peat and having no enemies the birds also had no use for wings which ceased to develop and as years rolled by left many species wih ionly little nubbins bubbins for wings and absolutely sol without power of flight centuries ago there were in exist jenee fence nt leant three varieties of gigan illic birds two of 0 which were as large to in body as the fabled roe roc the rescuer of f sinbad the iha sailor these included tho the the or mon moa end the which was a gl gantic goose the mon moa became extinct net some COO years ago it was a flightless bird said by tradition to alave been a hunter of huru ans a man inna cater was of varying size and extremely ly plentiful |