94 Transactions. — Zoology. 



216mm., or 8 - 42in. Besides this bone there are two frag- 

 ments, one of the distal end of a humerus and the other 

 of the proximal end, in the Canterbury Museum. 

 Ulna* — This bone was also found perfect at Castle Bocks. 

 Its length was 259mm., which is nearly the same as the 

 right and left from Glenmark — lOOGin., as given in the 

 Transactions. 



Having recently measured the type specimens in the 

 Canterbury Museum, and some from Enfield and Hamilton, 

 I give the dimensions : — 



H. moorei. 



in. ram. 



Glenmark, R., type, mended, length 9-9 : 250 Cant. Mus. 



L 9-9: 250 



Hamilton, R .. 9-0 : 255 Otago Univ. Mus. 



Castle Rocks, R 259 



H. assimilis. 

 Glenmark, L., typef .. .. 9-25:232 Cant. Mus. 



„ R., „ . . . . J*o : 235 „ 



Hamilton, R 90 : 230 



Baclius.l — Found on the surface, at the extreme end of the 

 cave, under the overhanging rock. Length, 246mm. 



There is a radius in the Canterbury Museum from 

 Enfield measuring 235mm. These two will probably 

 belong to H. moorei. 



The type of H. assimilis is given in the Transactions as 

 measuring 7'62in. (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi., p. 71), but 

 from my measurement I make it 8-6in., or 219mm. 



Metacarpus. % — One perfect metacarpus was obtained, and, as 

 it measures 126mm., it will probably belong to H. moorei, the 

 metacarpal of H. assimilis being given as 4-48in. (about 

 105mm.) ; I find the type, however, to measure 113mm. 



Carpus. — I found a small bone, which I take to be the carpus, 

 when sorting over the smaller fragments from the cave. 



Femur. |] — Unfortunately we have not yet found in the cave a 

 femur of Harpagomis. Von Haast gives the length of the 

 femur of H. moorei as 6'66in. (166mm.) ; Glenmark. 



* Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi., pp. 02, 63, 70. H. assimilis : Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst., vol. vi., pp. 63 and 70, pi. viii., figs. 3, 4. Owen, " Extinct Birds of 

 N.Z.," pi. cvi., fig. 3, p. 145. 



t The left ulna of the type of H. assimilis is slightly abnormal at the 

 distal end. 



I Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi.: fragment of left radius. II. assimilis: 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi., p. 71, pi. viii., figs. 5 and 6. 



§ Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi., pp. 63, 64, 71, pi. viii., fig. 7. Owen, " Ex- 

 tinct Birds of N.Z.," p. 146. 



ji Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. iv., p. 193, pi. x., fig. 1 : left femur. " Geology 

 of Canterbury and Westland," p. 444. Broken femur in bed 5, peat, Glen- 

 mark : Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vi., pp. 64, 65. 



