232 KATIT.T^. 



length of the tarso-metatarsus is 0,456 (18 inches). When 

 compared with the tarso-metatarsus of the female of 

 D. novcF-zealandice this bone is slightly shorter, although 

 much wider at its distal extremitj\ 2Iade in the Museum. 



A. 162 a. ilodel of the right tarso-metatarsiis. This specimen was 

 modelled from the left tarso-metatarsus of the preceding 

 series, and is mounted in the case with the tihio-tarsus 

 and femur. Made in the Museum. 



46050. A nearly entire skeleton made up from the bones of more 

 {Fir/.) than one individual ; from Gleumark Swamp. The tibio- 

 tarsus is slightly longer than the corresponding bone of 

 IS'o. A. 162. The sternum, sternal ribs, and pelvis are 

 somewhat imperfect, and the atlas and axis vertebrae are 

 missing ; but the remainder of the specimen is nearly 

 perfect. This skeleton is noticed by Owen in the ' Trans. 

 Zool. Soc' vol. X. p. 147, and is noticed and figured in 

 his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' p. 391, pi. xcvii. 

 The numerous figures of vertebrae given in the text of 

 these memoirs, and purporting to belong to this skeleton, 

 belong, however, mostly or entirely to Pachyornis elephan- 

 topus ; three of them being reproduced in figs. 69-71 

 of this Catalogue. An axis vertebra is figured, whereas, 

 as already mentioned, this element is missing in the 

 skeleton. The greater number of the cervical vertebrse 

 have no pneumatic foramen in the lamina of the arch, 

 although such a foramen is present in the later vertebrae. 

 The skull, of which the mandible is represented in fig. 55, A, 

 is imperfect at the junction of the beak with the cranium 

 proper, but is otherwise fairly well preserved ; the left 

 quadrate is restored in plaster. All the characteristic 

 featui'es are well shown, more especially those of the 

 upper and lower elements of the beak. The characters are 

 essentially those of the specimens marked Nos. 46631-3. 

 Judging from the undermentioned specimens Nos. 36640, 

 36641, it would appear that the pelvis does not belong to 

 the same individual as the cervical vertebra, since it is 

 relatively too small ; and it is not certain that the skull 

 is not referable to a larger individual. 



By exchange, 1874. 



46052. The imperfect right tibio-tarsus of an apparently immature 

 female bird • from Glenmark Swamp. The astragalus is 



