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Apparently allied to Cereo/isis novie hoUandice is the extinct 

 Cnemiornis calcitrans, known odIv from its bones, which are found 

 together with remains of Dinornitldd<r. 



CNEMIORNIS. 



Type. 



Cnemiornis, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. v. p. 396 (1865). . . 0. calcitrans. 



1. Cnemiornis calcitrans, 



Cnemiornis calcitrans, Otcen, Trans. Zoo/, fioc. v. pp. .396-402, 

 pis. Ixiii.-lxvii. (ISGo) ; Hector, 'Trans. N. Zeal. In.'it. vi. pp. 26- 

 84, pis. x.-xiv. a (1874) ; Oicen, Trans. Zool. Hoc. ix. pp. 2-58-272, 

 pl.s. xxxv.-xxxix. (1875) ; id. E.vtinctB. of New Zeal. pis. ci.-civ. 

 (1879) ; Lydekker, Cat. Foss. B. p. 99 (1891). 



" Skull short and massive, with beak rounded and stout. Carina 

 of .^tenmm aborted. Limb-bones short and very stout, the ulna 

 being shorter than the humerus and having very prominent tubercles 

 for the secondaries ; cnemial crest of tibia greatly developed. No 

 foramen between third and fourth trochlere of tarso-metatarsus. 

 Spines of dorsal vertebrae tall. Very considerably larger than the 

 existing Cereopsis novce JwUandiee, with the limbs relatively much 

 stouter and shorter."' {Li/dehl~er.) 



Hah. New Zealand. 



a. Skeleton (in- Earns Clough Cave, Otago. Capt. Fraser [P.]. 

 complete). 



b. Several bones. Oamani. Dr. H. O. Forbea [E.] 



Subfamily V. ANSERIN.^. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Serrations on cuttiug-edge of upper mandible 



visible from outside for greater portion of 



the tomium ; the latter decidedly siuiiated 



or concave. 



«'. Bill very stout, its depth through base 



equal to much more tban half the length 



of the culmen ; colour of adults white or 



bluish, with primaries blackish 14. Chen, p. 82. 



b' . Bill weaker and more depressed, its depth 

 through base less than half the length of 

 the culmen ; colour of the adult never 

 entirely white. 



a". Bill not longer than the head 15. Ansbr, p. 83. 



//'. Bill longer than the head and flattened 



towards the tip 16. Cygnopsis, p. 107. 



b. Serrations on edge of upper mandible visible 



onl}' near angle of mouth ; the tomium 



very slightly or not at all sinuated 17. Philacte, p. 109. 



e. Serrations of upper mandible not visible from 

 outside; the tomium almost straight ; bill 

 moderate, but strong, 

 c'. Webs of the feet not deeply excised .... 18. Branta, p. 111. 

 d'. Webs of the feet deeply excised 19. Nesochkx, p. 126. 



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