_Dinornis curtus_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. III, p. 325 (1846).
_Cela curtus_ Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. der Vög. p. 30 (1850).
_Cela curta_ Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIX, p. 550, pl. XLVII, Fig. B.
This and the following are the two smallest species of _Moa_, having been
about the size of a large turkey. It also is the most abundant species at
Whangarei, and appears to have been most common in the North of the Island.
The type is from Poverty Bay.