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CARTNAT.E. 



Agnopterus (?) hantoniensis, Lydekker (n. sp.). 



Kuowu by the coracoicl and femur, and provisionally referred to 

 this genus on account of the circumstance that the first-named bone 

 seems to come nearer to Phoeni copter as than to any other group. 

 There is no evidence to prove that this form is specifically distinct 

 from the preceding species. The coracoid differs from that of 

 Phani copter us by its more elongated form, nari-ower head, smaller 

 subclavicular process, less oblique sternal border, and the greater 

 ■width and outward reflection of the anterior portion of the sternal 

 articular surface. The femur is characterized by the great length 

 of the neck. 



Hah. Europe (England). 



30325. The right coracoid, wanting the hyosternal region ; from 

 {Fig.) the Upper Eocene (Lower Oligocene) of Hordwell, Hamp- 

 shire. The type ; figured in woodcut 25. In the general 

 form of the proximal extremity, the long and flat glenoid 

 cavity, the large cup for the scapula, and the position of 

 the subclavicular process and foramen, this specimen seems 

 to come nearer to the Flamingoes than to any other 



Fig. 23. 



Agnopterus (?) hantoniensis. — Ventral, doi'sal, aud distal aspects of the right 

 coracoid ; from the Upper Eocene of Hanapshire. |. Letters as in fig. 23 

 (p. 84). 



existing birds, although differing by its less oblique sternal 

 border. There is no evidence that this coracoid is not 

 generically identical with the coracoid from Hempstead, 



