Show i THC GREAT MOA II Blond Twrlt and hllen rt IIIII The great moa now extinct was the largest bird that ever existed This particular bird stands from 12 to 10 feet high and the ostrich Is I a pigmy beside It As Into as 1SS2 Professor Owen expressed the opinion that the bird could be found In some of Ibo remote districts of New Zealand In 1SC3 a party of miners crossed tho hitherto hith-erto Impnistblo mountain rnngo which runs the whole length of Middle Island Is-land Thcr they discovered trace of an enormous bird and while sitting around the camp ono evening they law thocrcaturcon a knoll n short distance away Tho bird sccmd fascinated by tho glare of tho campfire and remained motionless for n considerable time but finally stalked away It had n long flat head which It carried Inclined forward for-ward and not erect like birds of tho ostrich kind They judged that III height was nine feet The footprints showed lures claws about twelve Inches apart with n pad and n spur about the same distance In Ibo rear Walker Munich found n gigantic egg In tho volcano sand In Now Zealand tho diameter of which was as great as his hnt Runes of the moa have been f z sd YlIDSrAUI yW t f TIlE Tile GIIKAT MOA found In Now Zealand In great quantities quanti-ties |