256 RATIT^. 



the former, while the large x'opliteal depression is a feature of 

 A)iomalo2)tery.v. 



The above-mentioned femur has a length of 0,278 (11 inches), 

 and a distal width of 0,101 (4 inches). It was referred by Owen 

 to Dinornis gracilis, hut the resemblance of the tarso-metatarsus 

 and tibio-tarsus of that species to the corresponding bones of other 

 species of Dinornis, apart from the discrepancy in relative size, 

 shows that such reference is untenable. 



Ilab. North Island. 



32269. The right femur ; from the Bay of Opito on the east coast 

 (Fig.) of the North Island. The specimen (woodcut, fig. 60, B) 

 is described and figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. 

 Soc' vol. iv. pp. 143, 144, pi. xli. fig. 1, and also in bis 

 'Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' p. 218, pi. liv. fig. 1, 

 where it is referred to Dinornis gracilis, both figures 

 being reversed. It was discovered in 1849, and transmitted 

 by W. E. Cormack, Esq. ; a detailed reference to the 

 locality being given on p. 145 of the volume of the 

 ' Trans. Zool. Soc' already cited. The length is 0,278 

 (11 inches), and the distal width 0,101 (4 inches). There 

 are two nutrient foramina on the posterior aspect of the 

 shaft. Presented by Sir R. Owen, K.C.B., 1857. 



32053. A smaller right femur, which may iudicate the male of this 

 form ; from the west coast of the North Island. This 

 specimen has a length of 0,241 (9-5 inches), and a distal 

 width of 0,087 (3"4 inches). Its proportions and contour 

 are similar to those of the preceding specimen, but there 

 is only one nutrient foramen on the posterior aspect. 



Walter Mantell Collection. Purchased, about 1855. 



21779. A similar right femur: from the same locality. 



Mantell Collection. Purchased, 1838. 



Specimens appi'oximating to the preceding , hut connecting 

 them with typical species of Anomalopteryx. 



21803*. A right femur; from the menaccenite bed' of Te Ranga- 

 tapu, near "Waingongoro, North Island. This specimen 

 has a length of 0,269 (10-6 inches), and a distal width of 

 0,101 (4 inches). The proportions of this bone are almost 

 precisely intermediate between those of No. 32269 and a 



' Seep. 226. 



