DIXOKXJTHIDJJ. 041' 



Island. lu its depressed form and general contour this 

 specimen resembles the skull of D. maximus, and differs 

 from those of Ammahpterijx and Emeus. The resemblance 

 to Dinornis is especiallj' shown on the palatal aspect, in 

 the rhinarial and quadratic regions. Thus the direction of 

 the cavity for the reception of the head of the quadrate is 

 directed much more anteriorly than in Emeus, but less 

 so than in Anomaloptery.r. ? Mantell Collection. 



A. 197. The imperfect dentary bone of a mandible agreeing approxi- 

 mately in relative size with the preceding specimen ; 

 locality unknown. The dentary shows the peculiar cur- 

 vature, and the symphysis the contour characteristic of 

 Dinornis, as distinct from the other genera. 



Presented hj Sir R. Owen, K.C.B. 



46634. 



f. Vertehrce. 

 A series of twenty more or less imperfect associated vertebrse 

 apparently referable to the present species ; from a fissure 

 in a limestone deposit at Timaru, South Island. The 



Fig. 59. 



DiTwmK strut htoid^. -Posterior aspect of a middle (?) fifteeuth cervical 

 vertebra. }. pz. postzygapophysis ; n. neural canal; ;,, lateral arch 

 (.parapophysis) ; hi/, haemal ridges of ditto. 



