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18594. Cast of a still smaller left femur. The original was obtained 

 from Poverty Eaj', North Island, and is preserved in the 

 Museum of the Rojal College of Surgeons. It is described 

 and figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soe.' vol. iii. 

 p. 250, pi. xxiv., and also in his ' Extinct Birds of New 

 Zealand/ p. 88, pi. xxiv., aud referred to Anomalofteryx 

 (Dinornis) didiformis. The length of this specimen is 

 0,202 (8 inches), and its distal width 0,092 (3-6 inches). 

 From the proportions obtaining in the skeleton of A. didi- 

 formis, No. A. 129, this specimen indicates a considerably 

 smaller bird than theoneto which the type tarso-metatarsus 

 of A. didiformis belonged. It is I'elativelj' stouter than 

 the corresponding bone of the type skeleton of A. j^arva. 

 Presented by the Council of the Royal 

 C'oller/e of Surgeons, 1844. 



32054. A slightly smaller left femur, evidently specifically identical 

 with the preceding specimen : from the menaccenite bed * 

 of Te Rangatapu, near Waiugongoro, North Island. 



Walter Mantel! Collection. 



t 21780. A nearly similar right femur ; from the same locality. 



I Mantell Collection, 



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21780 a. A similar right femur, with the extremities imperfect ; 

 from Te Rangatapu. Mantell Collection. 



21780 b. A nearly similar specimen ; from the same locality. 



Mantell Collection, 



21780 0. A somewhat stouter right femur ; from the same locality. 

 From its relative size it is probable that the present as well 

 as the following specimens, together with some or aU of 

 the preceding five, are referable to A. (?) geranoid^s ; the 

 extreme stoutness being a character approximating to 

 Pachyornis, and thereby according with tlie inflection of 

 the distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus in the species last 

 named. The length of the specimen is 0,190 (7*7 inches), 

 and its distal width 0,084 (3'3 inches). 



Mantell Collection. 



21780 d. A left femur ; from the same locality. Mantell Collection. 



' See p. 226. 



