248 RAT1TJ5. 



series comprises fourteen cervicals and eight dorsals. One 

 of the cervicals (about the 15th of the full series) is 

 represented in fig. 59, to exhibit the features by which ifc 

 may be generi:?ally distinguished from the rather later 

 cervical of Pachyornis represented in fig. 70, p. 3?5. In the 

 figured specimen there is no pneumatic foramen in the 

 lamina of the arch, although one appears in the later 

 cervicals. All these specimens closely resemble the ver- 

 tebrae of No. A. 105, 



Presented hy Sir R. Oiven, K.C.B., 1875. 



Dinornis gracilis, Owen'. 



Founded upon bones of the limbs, of which the tarso-metatarsus 

 may be taken as the actual type. This bone is longer and more 

 slender than the type of D. struthioides, and thus indicates that the 

 present species bore the same relationship to the latter as is pre- 

 sented by D. novce-zealandice to D. maximvs. The tibio-tarsus is 

 likewise longer and more slender than that of D. stmtTiioides. The 

 femur is included among those mentioned under the latter heading ; 

 the femur referred by Owen to the present species being catalogued 

 below (p. 256). 



The width of the distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus somewhat 

 exceeds one eighth of the total length. 



Hob. Typically the North Island, but also recorded by Haast 

 from the South Island. 



a. The Tarso-metatarsus. 



32272. The left tarso-metatarsus; from the North Island. This 

 (Fig.) specimen, of which the extremities are imperfect, may be 

 taken as the actual type. It is described and figured by 

 Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc.' vol. iv. p. 145, pi. xli. 

 fig. 3, and also in the ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' 

 p. 219, pi. liv. fig. 3 ; both figures being reversed, and the 

 specimen drawn as though it were complete. The length 

 is 0,330 (13 inches), and the approximate width across 

 the condyles 0,109 (4-3 inches). 



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



b. The Tibio-tarsus. 



32271. The left tibio-tarsus; from a spot between Turakina and 



(Fig.) Wainganui, North Island. This specimen, which was 



found and transmitted by the Rev. Mr. Taylor, is one of 



1 Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iv. p. 143 (1853). 



