106 CAEINAT^. 



radius of uinser cinereus, although of nearly the same 

 length, is stouter, with larger extremities. 



FarclLascd, 1869. 



A. 141. A left coracoid wanting the distal extremity, and i)rovi- 

 sionally referred to this species ; from the Pleistocene 

 deposits of Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire. The form of the 

 head agrees with that of recent examples ; in a recent 

 coracoid of nearly the same size, the cup for the sca- 

 pula is larger than in the present specimen ; hut other 

 examples show a considerable variation in this and other 

 respects. No histonj. 



33crntcla jubata (Latham '). 

 Syn. Anas jiibata, Latham -. 



Much smaller than B. hrenta. The extremity of the beak is 

 very short, and the nares are unusually large. 

 Hah. Australia (llecent) and New Zealand (Prehistoric). 



Tlie undermentioned specimens from the superjicial deposits of New 

 Zealand are referred to this species, ivith wJnch, so far as can be 

 determined from comjxirison luith a stuffed recent example, they 

 appear to agree in all respects. 



A. 69. The greater part of the skeleton : from the Earnsclough 

 Cavern, Dunstan district, Otago, South Island, New Zea- 

 land. These specimens comprise the skull (cranium in 

 two pieces), the syrinx, sternum, furcula, sacrum and 

 pelvis, numerous vertebroB and ribs, the left coracoid, 

 the right humerus, ulna, and radius, the left femur, 

 tibio-tarsus, and tarso-metatarsus, and several phalangeals 

 of the pes. The remarkable shortness of the beak and 

 the large size of the nares are well shown. The tarso- 

 metatarsus has a length of 0,052, and thereby agrees 

 with the corresponding part of the leg of the stufled 

 specimen. Sy exchancje ivith the Otago Museum. 



46650-52. Three specimens of the cranium, wanting the beak ; 



from a fissure in a limestone rock at Timaru, South Island. 



Presented hg Sir It. Oiuen, K.C.B., 1875. 



46653. The imperfect rostrum of the cranium ; from Timaru. 



Presented ly Sir li. Owen, K.C.B., 1875. 



' Index Ornithol. Suppl. p. Ixix (1801).— ^n(w. ' Loe. cit. 



