y
_Malay Archipelago_, Vol. I. p. 441, or p. 216 of the tenth edition.

[169] Dobson on the Classification of Chiroptera (_Ann. and Mag. of Nat.
Hist._ Nov. 1875).

[170] See Buller, "On the New Zealand Rat," _Trans. of the N. Z. Institute_
(1870), Vol. III. p. 1, and Vol. IX. p. 348; and Hutton, "On the
Geographical Relations of the New Zealand Fauna," _Trans. N. Z. Instit._
1872, p. 229.

[171] Hochstetter's _New Zealand_, p. 161, note.

[172] The animal described by Captain Cook as having been seen at
Pickersgill Harbour in Dusky Bay (Cook's 2nd Voyage, Vol. I. p. 98) may
have been the same creature. He says, "A four-footed animal was seen by
three or four of our people, but as no two gave the same description of it,
I cannot say what kind it is. All, however, agreed that it was about the
size of a cat, with short legs, and of a mouse colour. One of the seamen,
and he who had the best view of it, said it had a bushy tail, and was the
most like a jackal of any animal he knew." It is suggestive that, so far as
the points on which "all agreed"--the size and the dark colour--this
description would answer well to the animal so recently seen, while the
"short legs" correspond to the otter-like tracks, and the thick tail of an
otter-like animal may well have appeared "bushy" when the fur was dry. It
has been suggested that it was only one of the native dogs; but as none of
those who saw it took it for a dog, and the points on which they all agreed
are not dog-like, we can hardly accept this explanation; while the actual
existence of an unknown animal in New Zealand of corresponding size and
colour is confirmed by this account of a similar animal having been seen
about a century ago.

[173] Owen, "On the Genus Dinornis," _Trans. Zool. Soc._ Vol. X. p. 184.
Mivart, "On the Axial Skeleton of the Struthionidae," _Trans. Zool. Soc._
Vol. X. p. 51.

[174] The recent existence of the Moa and its having been exterminated by
the Maoris appears to be at length set at rest by the statement of Mr. John
White, a gentleman who has been collecting materials for a history of the
natives for thirty-five years, who has been initiated by their priests into
all their mysteries, and is said to "know more about the history, habits,
and customs of the Maoris than they do themselves." His information on this
subject was obtained from old natives long before the controversy on the
subject arose. He says that the histories and songs of the Mao