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21709 b. The right tarso- metatarsus ; from the Xorth Island. 



{Fi(/.) Figured hy Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. vii. 

 pi. xliv. figs. 8-10; and also in the 'Extinct Birds of 

 New Zealand,' pi. Ixxxvii. figs. 8-10 ; all the figures being 

 reversed. The length is 0,132 (5*2 inches), and the width 

 at the middle of the shaft 0,028 (1-12 inch). 



^^anteU Collection. 



32063. A similar right tarso-metatarsus, wanting the outer trochlea ; 

 from Te Eangatapu. Walter Mantell Collection. 



21709 C. A nearly similar right tarso-metatarsus : from Te Ean- 

 gatapu. Mantell Collection. 



46504. The imperfect right tarso-metatarsus of a small and probably 

 {Fig.) male individual ; from a cave 14 miles from Oamaru, South 

 Island. Figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. 

 vii. pi. xhv. fig. 7, and in the ' Extinct Birds of New 

 Zealand,' pi. Ixxxvii. fig. 7. Tliis specimen is scarcely 

 longer than the corresponding bone of A. parva, but is 

 much stouter ; its length being 0,114 (4-5 inches), and 

 the width of the narrowest portion of the shaft 0,024 

 (0-f)7 inch). Presented by Sir R. Owen. K.C.B., 1875. 



32062. A left tarso-metatarsus of larger size than any of the pre- 

 ceding specimens, provisionally referred to this species ; 

 from Tc Eangatapu. Walter Mantell Collection. 



c. The Femur. 



21781. The left femur ; from Te Eangatapu. Figured by Owen in 

 (Fir/.) the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. v. pi. Ixv. figs. 5, G, and also 

 in his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand," pi. Ixviii. figs. 5, 6, 

 as Dinornis geranoides • both figures being reversed. The 

 length of this specimen is 0,164 (6'5 inches), and the distal 

 width 0,069 (2-7 inches) ; it accords in relative size with 

 the tibio-tarsus. Mantell Collection. 



21781 a. A similar left femur ; from the same locality. 



Mantell Collection. 



21781 b. A similar specimen ; from the same locality. 



Mantell Collection. 



21781 c. A loft femur of similar type ; from the same locality. 



Mantell Collection. 



