246 RATIT^. 



32274. A right femur, approximuting to the preceding specimen ; 



{Fi(j.) from the Nortli Island. Mentioned and figured by Owen 

 in the 'Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iv. pp. 141-142, pi. xli. 

 fig. 2, and also in the ' Extinct Eirds of New Zealand,' 

 p. 215, pi. liv. fig. 2 ; both figures being reversed. This 

 specimen, which is one of those transmitted by the Eev. W. 

 Cotton, accords in relative size with the tibio-tarsus. 

 The extreme length is 0,292 (11-5 inches), and the width 

 across the distal extremity 0,109 (4-3 inches). 



Presented hy Sir R. Owen, K.C.B., 1857. 



19464. A left femur of the same general type as the preceding 

 specimen ; from the South Island. 



Earl Collection. Purchased, 1845. 



44639. Part of the shaft of a left femur which appears to have 

 {Fig.) been of the same form as the preceding specimens ; locality 

 unknown. The type of the genus ; described and figured 

 by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iii. p. 29, pi. iii. ; 

 it is also noticed in the Preface to the ' Extinct Birds of 

 New Zealand,' and figured in the plate facing page 73. 



Presented hy B. Briglit, Esq., 1873. 



19464 a. A right femur of larger size than No. 19464 ; from the 

 South Island. Earl Collection. 



32144 a. A rather smaller left femur ; from Waingongoro, North 

 Island. This specimen is more slender than most of the 

 others, and should therefore probably be referred to 

 D. gracilis. 



Walter Mantell Collection. Purchased, about 1855. 



32144 b. A shorter and relatively stouter left femur ; from Wain- 

 gongoro. Walter Mantell Collection. 



32144 C. A similar specimen ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32144 d. A nearly similar left femur ; from Waingongoro. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



e. The Skull. 



A 195. An imperfect calvarium probably referable either to the 

 present or following species ; apparently from the menac- 

 cenite bed ^ of Te Rangatapu, near Waingongoro, North 



' See p. 226. 



