258 ratit.t;. 



a. Tlie Tibio-ictr6ns. 



32045. The right libio-tarsus, with the shaft somewhat crushed ; 

 from Waikouaitu, on the east coast of the northern part 

 of the Sonth Island. This specimen, of which the length 

 is 0,4G3 (18-2 inches), and the distal width 0,071 (2-8 

 inches), closely resembles the rather larger typo specimen 

 figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iii. pi. xlvii. 

 fig. 2 ' (' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' pi. xxxix. fig. 2). 

 Walter Mantell Collection. Purchased, about 1855. 



19468. A similar right tibio-tarsus ; from the northern part of the 

 South Island. Earl Collection. Purchased, 1845. 



41262. A slightly larger left tibio-tarsus ; from the South Island. 

 This specimen agrees in size with the type. 



Purchased, 1869. 



47444 a*. A nearly similar left tibio-tarsus, with the extensor 

 bridge broken away ; from Otago, South Island. 



Presented by the Trustees of the Otago Museum, 1876. 



32015. The right tibio-tarsus; from Waikouaitu. Eesembles 

 No. 32045. Walter Mantell Collection. 



32015 a. A slightly smaller rigbt tibio-tarsus ; from Waikouaitu. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



19468 a. A nearly similar left tibio-tarsus ; from the South Island. 



Earl Collection. 



32045 a. A right tibio-tarsus slightly smaller than No. 32015 a ; 

 from Waikouaitu. Walter Mantell Collection. 



^l^Mi b*. A slightly larger left tibio-tarsus, with the distal ex- 

 tremity and extensor bridge imperfect ; from Otago. 



Presented by the Trustees of the Otago Museum, 1876, 



32146. A left tibio-tarsus ; locality unknown. This specimen is 

 slightly longer and also more slender than the preceding. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32146 a. A left tibio-tarsus, apparently specifically identical with the 

 preceding specimen, and probably from the same locality. 

 This bone, which is rather narrower distaUy than the 

 preceding specimen, is slightly louger than the tibio-tarsus 



' From the measurcmenls giveu on p;igo o20 of the volume citcil, U would 

 figure is sliplitlr reduced. 



