244 RATIT-E. 



19486. A similar right tarso-mctatarsus ; probably from the South 

 Ishiiid. Earl Collection. Purchased, 1845. 



35834. A nearly similar left tarso-metatarsus ; probably from the 

 South Island. Presented hi/ the liev. Dr. Lillies, 1860. 



32502*. A right tarso-metatarsus, agreeing with the three pre- 

 ceding specimens in length, but with the narrower distal 

 extremity of the type. No histortj. 



A. 177. An imperfect right tarso-metatarsus; from Otago. This 

 specimen closely resembles No. 19466. No history. 



47444, 14. An imperfect immature right metatarsus, probably refer- 

 able to this species ; from Otago. The three bones are 

 still widely separate at the proximal extremity. 



Presented hi/ the Trustees of the Otat/o Museum, 1876. 



47444, 15. The imperfect right metatarsus of a still younger bird, 

 probably specifically identical with the preceding speci- 

 men ; from Otago 



Presented hj the Trustees of the Otago Museum, 1876. 



32040. The entire right pes of an immature (? male) individual ; 

 locality unknown. The anchylosis of the tarsus to the 

 metatarsus is incomplete, and these bones cannot be specifi- 

 cally distingiiished from the tarso-metatarsus of No 32276 ; 

 its length being 0,266 (10-5 inches). It is by no means 

 certain that all the bones belong to the same foot. The 

 terminal phalangeals are of the long and slender tj'pe 

 characteristic of Dinornis, and thus resemble those of the 

 foot figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iv. 

 pi. ii. fig. 1 (' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' pi. xlix. 

 fig. 1). 



Walter Mantell Collection. Purchased, about 1855. 



It is uncertain whether the foUowinc/ specimens should he referred 

 to D. struthioides or to D. gracilis. 



19465. The proximal portion of a left tibio-tarsus ; from the South 

 Island. The dimensions of this and the following speci- 

 men are given by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iii. 

 p. 329 (' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' p. 137), under 

 the head of D. struthioides. 



Earl Collection. Purchased, 1845. 



19465 a. A right tibio-tarsus, wanting the distal portion, and with 



