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show that tho skeleton figured under that name belongs to the same 

 form as the distal part of a tarso-metatarsus and phalanges figured 

 in the ' Irans. Zool. Soc.' vol. iv. pi. iii. as the type of Dinomis 

 rheules, Owen ; it being impossible to say more with regard to that 

 specimen than that it indicates a species of AnoMaloptery:c or 



■ ?' f f ?* 'f ''' ^' °^ "^^^"°'' ^""^'^sions than E. crassus, and 

 IS t3-p.hed by the tarso-metatarsus figured by Owen as Dinomis 

 grams which is shorter and wider than the corresponding bone of 

 Anmnalopteryx casuarina, and relatively wider than that of E 

 ~p its length being 0,198 (7-8 inches), and the width at the 

 middle of the shaft 0,051 (2 inches). The tibio-tarsus of the larger 

 individuals has an average length of about 0,430 (17 inches), and a 

 distal width of 0,081 (3-2 inches) ; it is readily distinguished fi;m the 

 corresponding bone referred to Anomaloptenj.v droma'oides (p 2G8) 

 by Its greater stoutness and wider disfal width. In the shortest 

 and widest examples of this bone the distal width varies between 

 one fitth and one sixth of the length. 

 Hah. South Island. 



a. The Skeleton. 

 A. 95. The skeleton, partly restored : from the South Island This 

 specimen has a relatively narrower tibio-tarsus than the 

 larger one figured by Owen in his ' Extinct Eirds of New 

 Zealand, pi ex. The skull is imperfect, but shows the 

 broad and blunt beak characteristic of the genus The 

 sternum IS entire, and exhibits the elongated form lone, 

 lateral processes, and absence of coracoidal facets • it is 

 connected with the ribs by three bonv intercostals ' The 

 hinder part of the pelvis has been restored in plaster, but 

 Its characteristic breadth is exhibited. The hallux is 

 shown in both feet. It is probable, as mentioned below 

 that this specimen indicates a small and comparatively 

 slender-limbed race of the species. 



Presented hy Sir J. von Ilaast, K.C.M.G. 



b. Hie Tibio-tarsus. 

 35833. The right tibio-tarsus of a large individual; from the 

 northern part of the South Island. This specimen is 

 rather larger than the one figured by Owen in the 'Trans. 



' See32025a, 1,. aOl. 



