FALCOXIDJE. 



48059 a. Cast of the terminal ^jhalangeal of the third digit of the 

 left pes. The original, which is one of the types, is 

 figured by Owen in his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' 

 pi. cvii. fig. 7. 



The orifjhuds of the undermentioned casts are the types of 

 H. assimilis. 



48061. Cast of the right humerus. Original figured by von Haast 



in the ' Trans. New Zealand Institute,' vol. vi. pi. viii. 

 figs. 1, 2 ; and also by Owen in the ' Extinct Birds of 

 New Zealand,' pi. cvi. figs. ] . 2. The characters of tliis 

 specimen are essentially the same as those of the humerus 

 oi Aquila. 



48062. Cast of the left femur. 



The foUowincj specimen was obtained from the svperficial deposits 

 of Wainrjomjoro, North Island. 



32245 h. The proximal phalangeal of the second digit of the right 

 manus. This specimen agrees in relative size with the 

 casts immediately preceding. It accords in all respects 

 with the corresponding bone of Aquila, and is readily 

 distinguished from that of the Vultures by the absence 

 of a sharp descent from the main shaft to the plate-like 

 portion of the palmar aspect. 



Walter Mantell Collection. Purchased, about 1855. 



Gemi3 MILVUS, Lacepede ^. 



The tarso-metatarsus is short and wider than in the Falcons, the inner face 

 is converted into a sharp border, the talou is small, and the posterior surface 

 is deeply channelled, ivhile the trochleaj are short. 



Milvus deperditus, llilue-Edwards -. 



Known only by the tarso-metatarsiis, the length of which is 0,046. 



Jlat). Europe (France). 



From the Lower Miocene (Upper Oligocene) of AUier. 



' Mum. de I'lnstitut, vol. iii. p. fiOG (lSOO-01). 



- Oiseaux Fossiles de la France, vol. ii. p. 461 (1869-71). 



