Hamilton. — On Avian Remains in Southland. 93 



H. assimilis : A fragmentary pelvis is recorded in the 

 Transactions* as having been found at Glenmark, and is 

 one of the types in the Canterbury Museum. The extreme 

 length of the sacrum is 122mm. It is too much broken 

 for further measurements. The sacrum of the Castle Eocks 

 specimen measures 136mm. 



Sternum. — Mr. Forbes has had, I believe, the pleasure of dis- 

 covering this bone at Enfield. 



Coracoid. — Two specimens of this bone were found at the 

 Eocks, and, being both from the same side, indicated the 

 presence of two birds. 



1. Total length, 106mm. ; greatest width at base, 52-5mm. 



2. „ „ 90mm. ; „ „ 50mm. 

 As the coracoid of the smaller sex of Harpagornis has not 



yet been recorded, we may for the present assign No. 2 to 

 H. assimilis, which is in all probability, as suggested, the 

 male of H. moorei. Should, however, a still smaller coracoid 

 occur, the determination will be doubtful, and the differ- 

 ence will only be of an individual character.! 



Scapula.- — The right and left scapulas were obtained in the 

 course of the excavations at Glenmark.^ These were, I 

 believe, of H. moorei, as on p. 63 the left scapula of 

 H. assimilis is mentioned as part of the result of further 

 excavation. No measurements are given of these. 



At the Castle Eocks the right and left scapulas were 

 found of what I take to be H- moorei. The extreme length 

 in a right line is 134mm. 



Furculum. — The specimen I found I unfortunately broke with 

 the pick, and though I searched carefully I could not find 

 the remaining portion. The fragment shows the very 

 robust character of the bird. The bone has not been 

 recorded before. There is, however, a cast of a frag- 

 ment of a furculum in the Canterbury Museum ; the 

 locality of the original is unknown — possibly Enfield. 



Humerus, § — A very perfect humerus was found in the stiff 

 brown earth at the upper part of the cave. It measures : 

 length, 240mm. ; circumference, 55mm. This is probably 

 the humerus of H. moorei, as the humerus of H. assimilis is 

 given as 223mm. (8 - 57in.). I have examined the types 

 in the Canterbury Museum, and I make the measurement 



* Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi., pp. G6, 71, and 73. 



f There is a cast of a coracoid in the Canterbury Museum, locality 

 unknown — possibly Enfield — measuring S4rmn. This might also be of 

 H. assimilis. 



+ Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi., p. 62. 



§ Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. i\\, p. 195 : fragment of right humerus, Glen- 

 mark Creek. Owen, "Extinct Birds of N.Z.," p. 145. H. assimilis: 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi., p. G9, pi. viii., figs. 1, 2 (lettered in error 

 Jl. moorei). Owen, " Extinct Birds of N.Z.," pi. cvi., figs. 1, 2. 



