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32130. A third dorsal vertebra, in a weathered condition ; locality 

 unknown. This specimen indicates a bird of the size of 

 A. pawn. The haemal ridge resembles that of the third 

 dorsal, but the posterior face of the centrum is much 

 °^^"°"'^^- Walter Mantell Collection. 



21720 d. A third dorsal vertebra; from Te Rangatapu. This 

 specimen is of nearly the same size as the last, but 

 evidently indicates a different species. The anterior 

 pneumatic foramen is very minute. Mantell Collection. 



21753. A larger imperfect third dorsal vertebra; from the same 

 ^""""'^^^^y- Mantell Collection. 



21747 a. A still larger third dorsal vertebra, wanting the neural 



spine ; from the same locality. Mantell Collection. 



32129. A fourth dorsal vertebra ; locaUty unknown. Of the size of 

 ^- 1'"''"''- Walter Mantell Collection. 



32129 a. An imperfect fourth dorsal vertebra belonging to a species 

 distinct from the preceding, although of about the same 

 dimensions ; locality unknown. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



21748 a. A slightly larger fourth cervical vertebra, wanting the 



extremity of the neural spine and transverse processes • 

 from Te Rangatapu. Mantell Collection. 



32070 a. A considerably larger fourth dorsal vertebra, with the 

 processes broken ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 

 21749 d. A somewhat similar specimen ; from the same locality. 



Mantell Collection. 

 21749 6. Two slightly larger fourth dorsal vertebrae ; from the same 

 locality. The neural spine is imperfect in one, and in the 

 other the anterior pneumatic foramen is very minute. 



Mantell Collection. 

 21726. A nearly similar fourth dorsal ; from the same locality. 

 The anterior pneumatic foramen is very large. 



Mantell Collection. 



21749 f. A slightly smaller fourth dorsal vertebra ; from the same 



^"'^^'^tj'- Mantell Collection. 



