350 RATIT.«. 



21807. Several fragments of an egg ; from Waingongoro. 



Man tell Collection, 



e. Footprints. 



43554. Slab of sandstone showing the impression of one of the 



feet ; from the Turanganui Elver, Poverty Bay, North 

 Island. This is one of the specimens referred to on 

 page 451 of Owen's 'Extinct Birds of New Zealand.' It 

 indicates a medium-sized species, apparently having long 

 phalangeals, and would seem to have been made by the 

 right foot. It may be referable to Dlnomis struthioides 

 or D. gracilis. 



Presented htj T. H. CocMurn Hood, Esq., 1872. 



48988. Slab of sandstone showing the impression of a right foot ; 



{Fig.) from Gisborne, Poverty Bay, at the junction of the Wui- 

 kanui Creek with the Turanganui River. Described and 

 figured by Owen in his 'Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' 

 p. 453, pi. cxvi. fig. 1, and referred to Dinornis dromceoid.es. 

 The foot evidently had short phalanges, and there appear 

 to be indications of the impression of the terminal pha- 

 langeal of a hallux, so that the specimen may be referable 

 to one of the species of Emeus or Anoiaalopteryx. 



Presented by the Bev. R. H. Davies, 1875. 



46988 a. Plaster mould taken from the preceding specimen to exhibit 

 the footprint in relief. Made in the Museum. 



43555. Plaster mould taken from a slab of sandstone exhibiting a 



right footprint in relief. The original was obtained from 

 the Taranganui Kiver. In the shortness of the phalangeals, 

 as well as in general size and contour, this specimen 

 accords with the preceding one. 



Presented by T. H. CocJcburn Hood, Esq., 1872. 



43555 a. Plaster model exhibiting a left footprint in relief belonging 

 to a species distinct from the preceding. Original from 

 same locality. The phalanges are longer, and the second 

 digit relatively shorter than in the last specimen. This 

 impression may probably be referred to one of the smaller 

 species of Dinornis. 



Presented by T. H. Cockburn Hood, Esq., 1872. 



