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an open Eustachian groove, and a similar structure of the 

 articular facet for the quadrate. 



The sternum is singular by its extraordinary breadth 

 and great shortness ; the length in the middle line is only 

 one-fifth of the greatest breadth. The hinder border is not 

 notched, but forms a ' gently concave curve.' The antero- 

 lateral processes are stout. There is, of course, no keel. 

 The coraco-scapula is typically ratite, the angle between 



FIG. 251. SHOULDER GIRDLE OF ^Epyornis (AFTER ANDREWS). 

 sc, scapula ; pc, proooraooid ; f.spc, foraiin/n suiiracoracoideum ; ;/7, gleuoid cavity. 



the two being very slight. As will be seen from the figure, 

 it most resembles that of C<t*n<irins. The bird had a 

 rudimentary humerns. 



Dinornithidae. This family consists of a number of 

 genera, all New Zealand in habitat ; their remains are so 

 abundant in various parts of the country that they must 

 have existed in countless numbers. That there should have 



