2G2 BATiTj?;, 



pis, xxiii., Ixxiv., and referred to the so-called Binornis 

 rheides. It has longer lateral processes than the sternum of 

 the skeleton figured under that name in plate cix. of the 

 ■work last cited, but there is no evidence that the skeleton 

 in question is rightly named. The present specimen is 

 somewhat larger than the sternum of the skeleton of A. 

 didifonnis, ]Vo. A 129 (p. 275), hut agrees closely in its 

 characters, on which grounds it is provisionally referred 

 to the present species. There is no trace of any facets for 

 the coracoids. Purchased, 1867. 



42502. The imperfect anterior half of a nearly similar sternum ; 

 from Glenmark Swamp. This specimen was probably 

 associated with the cranium No. 42498 (infra). It closely 

 resembles the imperfect sternum figured in the ' Extinct 

 Birds of New Zealand,' pi. xlviii. figs. 1-4. 



Presented by W. Reeves, Esq., 1870. 



d. The Pelvis. 



46638. An imperfect pelvis and sacrum not improbably belonging 

 to the present species ; from a fissure in a limestone 

 deposit at Timaru, South Island. This specimen has the 

 general characters of the corresponding portion of the 

 skeleton of A. didiformis, but is of larger size, in which 

 respect it would accord with the j)resent species. It may 

 be at once distinguished from the pelvis of Dinornis by 

 the lower preacetabular portion of the ilium, and also by 

 the sharp edge of the inferior border of the postacetabular 

 part of that bone, which descends below the level of the 

 sacral ribs. Presented by Sir P. Owen, K.C.B., 1875. 



e. The Shdl. 



Of the foUoiving specimens, while some are doubtless referable to the 

 'preseyit species, others may belong to A. dromseoides and allied 

 forms. 



42498. The imperfect skull ; from Glenmark Swamp, Canterbury. 



{Fiq.) This specimen is described and figured by Owen in the 

 ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. vii. p. 139, pi. xiii. figs. 1-3, and 

 also in his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' p. 278, 

 pi. Ixxviii. figs. 1-3, as Dinornis casuannus. This refer- 

 ence is accepted by Haast in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. xii. 

 p, 178, who remarks on the relatively small size of this 



