IIIDIDJ3. 127 



32245 1. The left femur, wanting the proximal extremity, and 

 with the entocondjlc imperfect. 



FiK. 30. 



Carpophaganovte-zealandicB. — Palmar and dorsal aspects of the right humerus; 

 from the superficial deposits of New Zealand. %. «, radial condyle ; 

 h, ulnar do. ; c, surface for brachialis auricus ; e, head : /, facet for 

 pectoralis minor. 



Tlie hcality of the foUowbuj specimen is unknoiun ; its colour indicates 

 that it was not obtained from the same deposits as the preccdimj 

 examples. 



A. 165. The imperfect right humerus. The delto-pectoral crest is 

 broken off. Presented Inj Sir li. Owen, K.C.B. 



Family DIDID/E. 



Includes very large and massively built forms, agreeing with the 

 Colwnhidce in the truncation of the angle of the mandible, but with 

 the extremity of the cranial rostrum strongly hooked. Thej' are 

 totally incapable of flight, the wing-bones being small, the carina 

 of the sternum aborted, and the coracoidal grooves shallow and 

 separated from one another. 



Genus PEZOPHAPS, Strickland and Melville '. 



Skull with a moderate rostrum, slightly hooked, and the nasal 

 and maxillary processes of the premaxilla) diverging anteriorly ; 



' The Dodo and its Kindred, p. 4G (1848). 



