CASTJARIID-E. 



351 



f. Gizzard-Stones. 



42128. A series of nine gizzard-stones of different sizes ; from 



{I^'iy.) Glenmark Swamp, near Cantei-bury, South Island. Figured 



by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. vii. pi. xlvi. fig. 8, 



and also in his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' pi. xcii. 



Presented by Sir li. Owen, K.C.B. 



42075. A series of less symmetrical worn pebbles found with the 

 bones of BinornithidcB in the South Island, and presumed 

 to be gizzard-stones. Presented by Sir li. Owen, K.C.B. 



Family CASUARIID/E. 



Skull with a short beak ; the humerus short ; no hallux, and no 

 extensor bridge to the tibio-tarsus. 



The tarso-metatarsus is more or less elongated, its anterior face 

 grooved, and no perforation in the groove between the third and 

 fourth trochlea. In the tibio-tarsus the cnemial crest rises consider- 

 ably above the level of the articular surface ; the extensor groove 

 may be either slight or distinct, and is placed near the inner border 

 of the bone ; there is no intercondylar tubercle ; the anterior inter- 

 Fig. 72. 



DromcBiis nova-hollandis. Left side of the pelvis. J. — Letters as in Cg. 52, 

 p. 215. {After Marsh.) 



condylar gorge is very slightly developed ; the condyles are short, 

 slightly prominent, with their superior anterior border forming a 

 concave line ; and there is a deep pit on tlie lateral surface of the 



