RATIT.E. 417 



2084. Skeleton. 0. 0. 1355 f. 



Presented }>y Sir Julius von Iluasf. 



2085. Skull of above specimen, the cranium mounted in the 



Separate Series. Presented by Sir Julius von Uaast. 



Apteryx, sp. 



2086. Various bones. Subfossil. 



2087. Bones of trunk. 0. C. 1355 c. 



2088. Bones of trunk of young bird. 0. C. 1355 D. 



Order II. RATIT.E. 



[Cy. Seebohm, Classif. B. p. 46.] 



A. Keel of sternum obsolete. 



B. Basipteryooid processes very laroje and placed on tlio basi- 



sjjhenoid rather than on its rostrum. 



C. Hallux generally absent. 



Suborder I. RIIE^*. 

 {Cf. Seebohm, Classif. B. p. 47.] 



A. Keel of sternum obsolete. 



B. Length of humerus more than the combined length of six 



dorsal vertebrae. 

 C Hallux absent ; second, third, and fourth digits present and 



directed forwards. 

 D. Basipterygoid processes present, and articulating with the 



pterygoids as near the quadrates as possible. 



• =Rheifonnes, Sharps, Keviow, p. G7. 

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