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18598. Cast of the loft femur. The original is the type, and was 

 obtained from Poverty Bay, North Island; it is preserved 

 in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. It is 

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

 vol. iii. pp. 252, 253, pi. xxii. and pi. xxiii. fig. 2 ; and 

 also in his 'Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' pp. 90, 91, 

 pi. xxii., and pi. xxiii. fig. 1. The length of the specimen 

 is 0,236 (9-3 inches), and its distal width 0,088 (3-5 inches). 

 It accords in relative size with the tibio-tarsus from the 

 same locality mentioned on page 268. 



Presented hi/ the Council of the Royal 

 CoUt'cje of Surgeons, 1844. 



32044. An almost identical left femur ; from "VVaikouaitu, on tho 

 east coast of the northern part of the South Island. Both 

 extremities are, as in the type, slightly^ imperfect. 



Walter Mantell Collection. Purchased, about 1855. 



32048. A left tarso-mctatarsus, found with the preceding, and pro- 

 bably belonging to the same individual. The mineralo- 

 gical condition is precisely the same as in the preceding 

 specimen, and the two agree in proportionate size. The 

 length of the tarso-metatarsus is 0,188 (7'4 inches). 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32024, 1. A somewhat more slender left tarso-metatarsus, which is 

 probably specifically identical with the preceding specimen ; 

 from Waikouaitu, South Island. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32024, 2. A similar left tarso-metatarsus ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



Specifically Undetekjiined Specimens. 

 a. Tlie Tibio-tarsus. 



Of the following specimens, some are doubtless referable to A. dro- 

 maeoides, while others iirobahly belong to A. didina cnul A. didi- 

 formis. 



19475. The right tibio-tarsus ; from the South Island. This speci- 

 men has a length of 0,335 (13-2 inches), and a distal 

 width of 0,054 (2-J inches), according in these respects 

 with the corresponding bone of the skeleton of A. didi- 

 formis, No. A. 129, to which species it may probably 

 belong. Eurl Collection. Purchased, 1845. 



