riia:xTCOPTERiniE. 81 



surface for the insertion of the brachialis anticus, charac- 

 teristic of that genus as distinct from Palcelodus. The 

 present specimen is referred to Elornis rather than to 

 a new genus, since the former appears to have been 

 very closely allied to Phoenicopterus. The imperfect 

 humerus referred to E. littoraUs and figured by Milne- 

 Edwards in his ' Oiseaux Eossiles de la France,' pi. xc. 

 fig. 7, indicates a larger species. 



Presented by 8, Laing, Esq., 1862. 



Elornis (?), sp. 



Known by the tibio-tarsus, which indicates a species considerably 

 larger than the preceding, and approximating in point of size to 

 Palielodus crassipes. 



Hah. Europe (England). 



A. 2. Part of the upper half of the shaft of the right tibio-tarsus ; 

 from the Upper Eocene (Lower Oligocene) of HordweU^ 

 Hampshire. Superiorly the specimen exhibits the lower 

 extremity of the fibular ridge, and inferiorly the com- 

 mencement of the anterior channel. The peculiarly 

 flattened form of the specimen, with its sharp outer border, 

 conclusively shows its Phoenicopteroid affinity. 



Presented by Sir B. Owen, K.G.B., 1884. 



30289. The distal portion of the shaft of the right tibio-tarsus ; 

 from Hordwell. This specimen exhibits the peculiar 

 shape of this portion of the shaft characteristic of the 

 Flamingoes, especially the anterior channel and the sharp 

 postero-exterual border. 



Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. 



Genus PALiELODUS, Milne-Edwards \ 



Beak probably not deflected. Tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus 

 relatively shorter and stouter, and the foot larger than iu Phceni- 

 copierus, the tarso-metatarsus being much shorter than the tibio- 

 tarsus, and slightly shorter than the humerus. The tibio-tarsus has 

 the anterior channel very short ; there is no anterior intercondylar 

 tubercle by the extensor bridge (fig. 21, A) ; no groove for the 

 peroneus medius on the outer surface of the ectocondyle ; and the 

 lower part of the shaft has lost the angulated form found in the type 



^ Oiseaux Foasiles de l:i Frauce, vol. ii. p. 53 (18691. 



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