428 RATIT^. 



Genus MEGALAPTERYX. 



Haast, Trans. Zool. Soc. xii. p. 161 (1886). 



ilHrgalapttryv ]^fctori. 



Megalajyteryx hectori, Haast, xit sujn-d ; Lydekker, Cat, Fossil 

 Birds Brit. Mus. p. 252 (1891). 



Hector's Moa. 



Ilab. South Island, New Zealand. 



2214. Cast of the bones of the left leg (left femur, left tibio- 

 tarsus, and left tarso-nietatarsus). 



Presented by the Christchurch JIuseum. 



Genus ANOMALOPTERYX *. 



Eeichenbach, Nat. Sj'st. Vtig. p. xxx (1852). 



Snomalopttri)^- cajiuaniia t. 



Dinornis casuarinus, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 322 (1846). 

 Anomalopteryx casuarina (Owen), Lydekker, Cat. Fossil Birds 

 Brit. Mus. p. 257 (1891). 



The Casuarine Moa. 



Hah. Both islands of New Zealand. 



2215. Six crania, more or less imperfect, mostly referable to 



this species. No history. 



2216. Mandible. No history. 

 2211. Two mandibles and fragments of proemaxilla. No Jiistory. 



* Cf. Lydekker, Cat. Fossil Birds Brit. Mus. p. 2o4 (1891). 



t Although there is no doubt that there are a considerable number of 

 species in this genus, the specific determination of isolated bones is almost 

 impossible, the smaller individuals of the larger species merging into tho 

 larger ones of the smaller, so far as the dimensions of the bones are con- 

 cerned. 



