162 CARINAT^. 



Tliere do not appear to bo any characters by which this species can be dis- 

 tinguishod from the existing Indian G. antigonc. 

 Hah. Europe (France and Italy). 

 From Pleistocene deposits. 



Grus melitensis, Lydekker '. 



Typically of the approximate size of G. antic/one, from which it is 

 distinguished by the smaller and narrower head of the coracoid and 

 the shorter bar over the extensor groove of the tibio-tarsus. Some 

 individuals probably referable to this species were larger than 

 G. antigone. The characters of the tarso-metatarsus recall those of 

 G. australasiana. 



Hah. Malta. 



Tlie. following specimens., of tvhich the first two are the types, were 

 obtained from the Pleistocene deposits of Zehhug Cave., and were 

 presented by Admired Spraft, C.B., 1878. 



49365. The proximal half of the right coracoid. Figured by the 

 {Fig.) writer in the ' Proc. Zool. Soc' 1890, pi. xxvi. fig. 4. 

 This specimen, in which the channel between the sub- 

 clavicular process and the body of the bone is blocked by 

 matrix, presents all the characteristic features of the cora- 

 coid of G. antigone, but is at once distinguished by the 

 smaller and narrower head. 



49322 m. Fragment of the left innominate. This specimen exhibits 

 the posterior wall of the acetabulum, the portion of the 

 ischium lying below the obturator foramen, and the proxi- 

 mal extremity of the pubis. Although slightly larger, it 

 agrees in all respects with the corresponding region of the 

 innominate of G. antigone. 



49322 n. Fragment of the shaft of the right tibio-tarsus, being the 

 portion immediately above the distal articular extremity. 

 The upper border of the bridge over the groove for the 

 extensor tendons is preserved. 



49361. The imperfect distal extremity of the left tibio-tarsus. This 



{Fig.) specimen (fig. 35) is described and figured by the writer, 



oj). cit. pi. xxvi. figs. 5, 5 a, 5 b. Its transverse diameter 



is 0,025, against 0,0255 in the corresponding bone of 



' Proc. Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 408. 



