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Transactions. — Geology. 



Pachyornis inhabilis. 



Pachyornis, sp. a, Lydekker. 



Pachyornis inhabilis and P. valgus, Hutton. 



The number of leg -bones measured was — metatarsi, 8; 

 tibiae, 8 ; femora, 4. The sternum has a width of Gin. to 6"5in. 

 below the costal border. The jjctois has a length of from 

 17in. to 20in., and its width at the antitrochaiiters is 9in. to 

 9-7in. 



This species is more slender than P. clcphantopus , and 

 does not attain to so large a size ; the skull also is different ; 

 but the two are closely connected. In the metatarsus the 

 proximal interosteal foramina always open into a depression 

 above the insertion of the tibialis anticus. 



living 



CAEINATE BIEDS. 



Harpagornis assimilis, Haast. — One tibia only. 

 Nestor, sp. ind. — One cranium, smaller than ar 



species. 



Fulica prisca, Hamilton. — Two broken tibiae. 

 Aptornis bulleri, Owen (Buller's "Birds of New Zealand," 



Introduction, p. xxiii.). — A cranium, a pelvis, two femora, 



two tibiae, a metatarsus, and two vertebi-ae, equal in size 



to A. defossor. 

 Notornis, sp. — One metatarsus. 

 Cnemiornis calcitrans, Owen.^A cranium and a pelvis. 



LEG-BONES FROM KAPUA. 

 AvEEAGE Measurements, in Millimetres. 



