Alfred Newton Papers

Alfred Newton (1829-1907)

[1-13] Photographs of Moa skeletons in [?]Christchurch Museum, New Zealand, taken by

D.L. Mundy of Christchurch, 25 OCT 1867. Figure in [1] identified by AN as 'Mr.

Fuller'.

[14] Government Buildings and Museum, Christchurch, by D.L. Mundy, 4 FEB 1868.

[15] D.L. Mundy, photograph of stuffed Kiwi, 1868.

[16-22] Skeleton of Moa Dinornis robustus presented to Yorkshire Philosophical Society

Museum by J.H. Gibson, by Monkhouse & Co., Photographers, York, c.1864; with

skeletons of Ostrich, Rhea, Cassowary, and Emu for comparison.

[23-25] Photographs of remains of Dodo, Oxford Museum, by Wheeler & Day.

[26-30] Bones of Rodrigues Solitaire, by Farren of Cambridge.

[31-33] Skeletons of Rodrigues Solitaire, by S. Ayling, 493 New Oxford Street, 1868.

[34] Watercolour, egg of elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus, actual size, in George

Dawson Rowley's collection, 1864.