(PLATE 42.)
_Dinornis ingens_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. III p. 237 (1843).
_Movia ingens_ Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. der Vög. p. xxx (1850).
_D. ingens var. robustus_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. III p. 307 (1846).
_Palapteryx robustus_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. III p. 345 (1848).
_D. firmus_ Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV p. 114 (1892).
_D. potens_ Hutton, l.c. p. 115.
_D. ingens_ shows considerable variation in size, but the inter-gradation
is so complete that it seems impossible to retain the four species
_ingens_, _firmus_, _potens_ and _robustus_, which Captain Hutton admits.
This form was widely distributed over the North and Middle Islands. The
type skull of _P. robustus_ came from Timaru, the type of _firmus_ from
Wanganui, that of _ingens_ from Poverty Bay, while that of _potens_ is
quoted from the East side of Middle Island, without specific type locality.
Habitat: North and Middle Islands.
The plate of this species was reconstructed by Mr. Frohawk from the
skeleton and feathers in my museum, and the feathers found with the
skeleton now in the York Museum. The only criticism that might be made in
connection with this picture is that the feathers are drawn a little too
much like those of _Apteryx australis_, but this is not of any consequence,
as the Moa feathers in the Tring Museum and elsewhere vary considerably in
appearance, though being more or less coloured like _Apteryx_ feathers.