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Genus ^PYORNIS, I. Gcoffroy '. 



Syn. Epiornis, Owen-, Grandidier ^. 

 EpT/ornis, Auct. 



The type and only described genus. Established on the evidence 

 of the eggs. 



.Spyornis maximus, Geoffroy ''. 

 Syn. Epioniis or Epyornis uKLvimus, auct. 



The type and largest species. The height was approximately some 

 two metres, but the build was much more massive even than in 

 Pachyornis elephantopus, to some of the larger specimens of which 

 the limb-bones approximate in size. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



41835. Cast of the imperfect left femur. The original was obtained 



from the marsh of Amboulitsate, and is preserved in the 

 Paris Museum of Natural History. It is described and 

 figured by Bianconi in the ' Mem. Ac. 1st. Bologna,' ser. 2, 

 vol. ix. p. 117, pis. xv.-xvii. ; and also by Milne-Edwards 

 and Grandidier in the ' Kecherches sur la Eaune Ornitholo- 

 gique Eteinto des lies Mascareignes et de Madagascar,' 

 p. 94, pis. xxi.-xxiii. The length is 0,320, and the width 

 of the distal extremity 0,190 ; the corresponding dimen- 

 sions of the femur of one of the large species of Dinornis 

 being 0,357 and 0,150. 

 Presented hij fJie Parts Museum of Natured Ilistory, 1869. 



41836. Cast of the left tibio-tarsus. The original, which is pre- 



served in the Paris Museum, was obtained at the same 

 locality as the preceding specimen, and probably belongs 

 to the same individual. It is described by Bianconi, op. 

 cit. p. 126, and described and figured by Milne-Edwards 

 and Grandidier, ojy. cit. p. 88, pis. xvii.-xx. The length 

 is 0,610. A similar cast is noticed by Owen in the ' Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. ' 1852, pp. 10,11. 

 Presented hy tlie Paris Museum of Natural Ilistory, 1869. 



1 Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, vol. xiv. p. 209 (1850). 



2 Pakvontology, 2ncl ed. p. 331 (1S61).— Also E. T. Newton, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. vol. xii. p. 153(1880). 



^ Coniptes Eendus, vol. Ixv. p. 476 (18G7). Both this and the following 

 term ai-o incorrect, tlie name being derived from ainvs, tall. 

 * Loc. cit. 



