10 ON DINORNIS (?) QUEENSLANDIiE. 



It remains to discuss its relations with Dromornis. 



The femur of Dromornis australis from Peak Downs, although 

 crushed and abraded, shows the same backward projection of the 

 trochanterial surface, but it is impossible to say whether this 

 projection was so great as in the King's Creek fossil. In the 

 King's Creek fossil, however, the neck is better developed, and 

 the middle portion of the articular surface is convex fore and aft, 

 as it is in the Emu and Cassowary. The only other important 

 difference appears to be the great compression of the shaft in 

 Dromornis, which is much flatter than in any other struthious 

 bird. The King's Creek fossil is intermediate between Dromornis 

 and the living Casuariidse, and I see no reason why it should not 

 be included in the same family with the Cassowary and Emu, 

 even if Dromornis be excluded. The absence or presence of a 

 pneumatic foramen in the femur cannot be reckoned as a family 

 character any more than size. 



