322 



Fiff. 60. 



PachijOrnis elephanta^ms (A) aud P. immani. 

 metatarsus. J- 



The right tarso- 



a,. The Sl-eleton. 



* *. The imperfect skeleton, made up from the bones of more than 

 (Fig.) one individual : from Euamoa, three miles southward of 

 Oamaru Point, South Island. The tj-pe. Described and 

 figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iv 

 pp. 149-156, pis. xliii., xliv., xlvii., and xlviii. fig. 1, the 

 skull being figured in vol. vii. pi. x. figs. 1, G, 7 ; the 

 description and figures are reproduced in the ' ExtinctBirds 

 of New Zealand,' pp. 224-227, pis. Ivi., Ivii., lix. figs. 1, 

 6, 7 (skull), pi. Ix., and pi. Ixi. figs. 1, 6, 7. A reduced 

 figure of the skeleton is also given in Owen's ' PahTon- 

 tolog}',' 2nd ed. p. 330, fig. Ill, which is reproduced in 

 fig. 67. In the figures of the entire skeleton (' Trans. 

 Zool. Soc' vol. iv. pis. Ix., Ixi. fig. 1) the sternum has been 

 restored after the model of that of Dinornis ; an error 

 which is pointed out by the describer on page 433 of his 

 ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand.' The sternum is wanting ; 

 but on the left side, at least, was attached to the ribs by 

 two ossified iutercostaLs. The postacetabular portion of the 

 pelvis is very incomplete ; but the characteristic contour 

 of the sacral vei'tebris is well shown. All the bones of 

 the limbs are entire. The skull, which wants part of the 



