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Transactions. — Zoology. 



Dinornis giganteus. 



D. giganteus, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. iii., p. 237 



(1843), and p. 307 (1846), and vol. iv., p. 59 (1850). 



Moa giganteus, Eeichenbach, Das Nat. Syst. der 

 Vogel. 



Figures. — Metatarsus, Ext. Birds of N.Z., pi. xxvii., fig. 1. 



Length of the scapulo-coracoid, 8-75m. 



Distribution. — The type of this rare species is from Poverty 

 Bay. Mr. A. Hamilton obtained a few bones from the Te 

 Aute Swamp. No. 1 was found in a swamp at Awhitu, near 

 Auckland, by Mr. Mactier.''' The only bones found were a 

 pair of metatarsi, a pair of tibise, and a number of toe-bones 

 The cnemial crest of the tibia is probably abraded. The 

 bones are now in the Auckland Museum. The metatarsi in 

 this species and in D. excelsus are more slender than in any 

 other of the inoas. 



Dinornis robustus. 



Palapteryx robustus, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. iii., 

 p. 345 (1848) ; vol. iv., pp. 1 and 337 (cranium from 

 Timaru) ; Mantell, Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc, vol. vi., 

 p. 338. 



Figures. — Metatarsus and foot, Ext. Birds of N.Z., pi. 

 xlix.; cranium, pi. Ixii. and Ixiii. ; sternum ('?), pi. xxxv., 

 fig. 1. 



Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. x., p. 552. 



