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47444 e. A smaller imperfect left tibio-tarsus ; from Otago. 



Presented hy the Trustees of the Otago Museum, 1870. 



A. 176. The left tibio-tarsus, imperfect proximally; from Otago. 

 This specimen is somewhat smaller than No. 44163. 



No history, 



b. The Tctrso-metatarsus. 



A. 186. Cast of the left tarso-metatarsus. The original, of which the 

 present place of deposition is unknown, is the type, and was 

 obtained by Mr. P. Earl from Waikouaitu, in the northern 

 part of the South Island. It is noticed and figured by 

 Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iii. p. 325, pi. xlviii. 

 figs. 4-5, and also in his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' 

 p. 133, pi. xl. figs. 4, 5, both figures being reversed. The 

 length is 0,215 (8-5 inches), and the width at the middle 

 of the shaft 0,048 (1-9 inch). ? Made in the Museum. 



47444 f. The right tarso-metatarsus ; from Otago, Figured in 

 {Fi(j.) woodcut 58, D (p. 230). This specimen has a length of 

 0,218 (8-6 inches), and a width at the middle of the shaft 

 of 0,050 (1-95 inch). It accords closely with the pre- 

 ceding specimen ; and in the length and slenderness of the 

 shaft, the contour of the third trochlea, and in the degree 

 of expansion of the distal extremity, shows all the features 

 of the so-called Euryapterijx as distinct from Pacliyornis. 

 Presented hy the Trustees of the Otago Museum, 1876. 



32024 r. A slightly smaller right tarso-metatarsus ; from Ruamoa. 



Walter Mantell Collection . 



32024 s. A nearly similar specimen ; from the same locality. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



32024 t. A somewhat smaller right tarso-metatarsus ; from the 

 same locality. Walter Mantell Collection. 



32023, 1. A smaller and stouter right tarso-metatarsus, with the 

 third trochlea imperfect ; from the same localit}-. 



Walter Mantell Collection. 



35835. A large left tarso-metatarsus ; from the Canterbury district, 

 South Island. This specimen is somewhat stouter than 

 No. 47444 d. Presented by the Eev. Dr. Lillies, 1860. 



