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32002, 14. A still laro-cv left femur, of u more slender tyi)e ; from 

 Iluamoa. This and the following specimens are probably 

 referable to E, crassus. Walter Mantdl OoUection. 



32010, 1. A left femur; from the same localitj\ 



M'^alter Mantell Collection. 



32002, 15. A left femur ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



41265. A left femur, of larger size than either of the preceding 

 specimens ; from the South Island. Purchased, 1860. 



32002, 16. A left femur ; from Euamoa. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32002, 17. A left femur ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32002, 18. A larger left femur; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32002,19. A left femur; from the same locality. This specimen 

 is of a shorter and more massive type than the preceding 

 one. Walter Mantell Collection. 



32002, 20. A nearly similar left femur ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32044 e. An immature left femur, probably referable to the present 

 genus ; from Waikouaitu, on the east coast of the South 

 Island. The ossification of the distal extremity is incom- 

 plete, so that the popliteal depression is open interiorly. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



Emeus crassus (Owen ^). 



Syn. Dinornis crassus, Owen ^. 



£meus crassus, Reicheubach ^. 

 Dinornis yravis, Owen ' (jn parte). 

 Non Palapteryx crassus, Haast '. 



The type species. Founded upon the tarso-metatarsus, which is 

 longer and relatively narrower than that of E. (jravijyes, the length 



' Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iii. p. 325 (1846). — Dinornis. ^ Loc. cit. 



' Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxx (1852). 



' Op. cit vol. vii. p. 141 (1870). ' Ibis, .ser. :i vol. iv. p. 212 (1874). 



