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c. The Skull 



Some of the smaller specimens mentioned under this heading maij 

 he referaUe to E. gravipcs. 



A. 188. The associated calvarium, left quadrate, mandible, and five 

 tracheal rings ; locality unknown. The specimen is of 

 larger size than the skull of the skeleton No. A. 95 (p. 299) 

 of E. gravipes, the calvarium being specifically indis- 

 tinguishable from the type of Dinornis gravis figured by 

 Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. vii. pi. xiv. figs. 1-4 

 (' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' pi. Ixxxi. figs. 1-4) ; the 

 mandible represented in fig. 5 of those plates belonging to 

 Anomalo2')teryA\ The mandible of the present specimen is 

 considerably larger than that of species a, and slightly 

 smaller than those referred by Owen to the present species. 



No history, 



32211. The calvarium and left quadrate : from the South Island. 

 This specimen agrees in size with the preceding, but is 

 somewhat less vaulted. Walter Mantell Collection. 



32194. The calvarium and imperfect premaxillae ; from the South 



Island. The calvarium closely resembles No. A. 188, and 

 shows the concave posterior profile of the basioccipital 

 characteristic of the genus. Walter Mantell Collection. 



32196. The calvarium ; from the South Island. Eesembles No. 

 32211 in its flattened contour, but is rather larger. 



Wcdter Mantell Collection. 



32190. A similar calvarium : from the South Island. 



Wcdter Mantell Collection. 



32206. A similar calvarium, with the right side imperfect ; from 

 the South Island. Walter Mantell Collection. 



32185. The calvarium ; from the South Island. 



Wcdter Mantell Collection. 



32192. The calvarium : from the South Island. 



Wcdter Mantell Collection. 



32195. The imperfect calvarium ; from the South Island. 



Wcdter Mantell Collection. 



32188. The calvarium, imperfect anteriorly ; from the South Island. 



Wcdter Mantell Collection. 



