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The following smaller specimens of the tihio-tarsus are relatively nar- 

 rower at the distal extremity than most of the preceding examples, 

 and therehy ajjproximate to the type of hone referred to 

 Anomalopteryx dromseoides, in which, however, the distal ex- 

 tremity is still narrower. Several of them are indistimjuishahle 

 from the corresponding hone of the slceleton No. A. 95 ; so that 

 hath that skeleton and the undermentioned specimens luould appear 

 to indicate a slender race of the species. 



32017. The left tibio-tarsus ; from the South Island, 



Walter Alantell Collection. 



32016 a. A smaller right tibio-tarsus ; found with the preceding 

 specimen. This specimen closely resembles the corre- 

 sponding bone of the skeleton No. A. 95. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32016 b. A nearly similar right tibio-tarsus ; from the same 

 locality as the preceding specimen. 



Walter 2Iantell Collection. 



32016 C. A shorter imperfect left tibio-tarsus ; from the same 

 locality. Walter Mantell Collection. 



32016 d. A nearly similar right tibio-tarsus ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32016 e. A similar left tibio-tarsus ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



c. The Tarso-metatarsiis. 



32025 a. The right tarso-metatarsus ; from the South Island 

 (? Ruamoa). This specimen has a length of 0,188 (7--1 

 inches), and a width at the middle of the shaft of 0,048 

 (1-9 inch). It is somewhat smaller than the type 

 specimen figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' 

 vol. viii. pi. Iviii., and in the ' Extinct Birds of Now 

 Zealand,' pl. xlii. a ; and accords more nearly in size with 

 the corresponding bone of the above-mentioned skeleton, 

 although somewhat stouter. Walter Mantill Collection. 



