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. 2009 Nov 25;4(11):e8019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008019

Table 6. Huia samples used in this study.

Museum Number Location Collector and Presentation Date Morphological Sex Molecular Sex (# times sexed) Beak
L D
AV1076 Wairarapa Buller, 1891 Female Female (2) 99.03 16.17
AV1078 Makuri 1892 Male Male (1) 55 17
AV1079 Ngarara Buller, 1891 Male Male (1) 54.01 18.16
AV1081 - - Female Female (1) 77.83 14.98
AV1082 Wairarapa Buller, 1892 Male Male (1) 50.09 18.61
AV1083 - - Female Female (1) 51 11.9
AV1085 - - Male Male (3) 50.48 17.3
AV1087 - Moorhouse Male Male (3) 50.85 17.69
AV1126 - - Male Male (2) 52.5 16.44
AV2244 - Parker Female Female (1) 85.93 14.95
AV2245 - Parker Male Male (1) 46.8 17.71
AV2283 - Parker Male Male (1) 55.44 16.94
AV2727 - Codmor Female Female (1) 67.35 11.9
AV2729 - O'Connor Male Female (5) 56.16 15.27
AV2744 Wellington - Male Male (3) 54.71 16.33
AV2745 Mangaroa Hill Len Harris, 1885 Male Male (1) 51.29 18.11
AV2746 Mangaroa Hill Len Harris, 1885 Female Female (3) 87.98 13
AV2747 Mangaroa Hill Len Harris, 1885 Female (juvenile) Female (2) 66.2 14.13
AV21283 - P. Hall Male Male (1) 49.78 17.52
AV21289 - - Female Female (2) 106.4 12.93
AV36838 - F.Grimwood, 1870s Gifted by a North Island Maori Chief Female Female (3) 79.65 15.68
AV37493A Possibly Pipiriki Mrs F. Stewart Male? Female (2) 64 10.5
AV37493B Possibly Pipiriki Mrs F. Stewart Female Female (4) 104 12.5
HBH - - Female Female (2) 66 14
AV1070 - - Female Female (2) 52 11.7
LB4564 North Island - Male Male (3) 62.7 16.3
LB4565 North Island - Male Female (1) 68.0 15.5
LB4567 Ruahine Range C.E. Clarke, 20 Aug 1931 Male Male (1) 58.2 15.9
LB4568 Ruahine Range C.E. Clarke, 20 Aug 1931 Female Female (1) 99.2 16.5
LB4571 North Island S.H. Mountford, 1941 Male Male (1) 54.3 16.5
LB4572 North Island S.H. Mountford Male Male (1) 51.0 15.3
LB4573 North Island S.H. Mountford Female Female (1) 64.2 15.8
LB4575 North Island S.H. Mountford Female Female (1) 59.5 14.3
LB4576 North Island C.A. Fleming Female Female (1) 80.3 11.7
LB4577 North Island C.A. Fleming Male Male (1) 52.0 16.8
LB9213 - J.A. Rentoul, 03 Dec 1969 Female Female (1) 100.7 13.7
LB9215 - - Male Male (1) 49.0 15.2
LB9217 - - Female Female (3) 99.5 15.21
RMNH110.108 Rimutaka, Hills, Wellington Travers, 1898 Male
RMNH110.109 Rimutaka Hills, Wellington Travers, 1898 Female
AMNH669772 Wellington 1892 Male
AMNH669774 Makuri Ranges Male
AMNH669775 Makuri Ranges Male

Museum numbers and presentation details if known and sex (morphological and molecular) are given. HBH  =  specimen obtained from Hastings Boys' High School; RMNH  =  Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie; AMNH  =  American Museum of Natural History, Beak length (L) and depth (D) are measured in millimetres.