12 (it'.fs 



Fig. 88 — Skull and mandible of Plwrorhncos loufiissinius. Found 

 in the Miocene of Patagonia. Length of skull 23 inches. Com- 

 pare with a horse's skull, represented by the line which is 

 about 22 inches ( X s)- 



Fig. 89 — Skull aud mandible of Phororhncos inflatus Ameghino, 

 from the Santa Cruz beds (Miocene) of Patagonia. Length 

 of skull 13^ inches. 



Fig. 90 — Eestoration of the giant 

 Patagonian bird Phororhacos 

 which stood 7 to 8 feet high. 

 Miocene. 



Fig. 91— Skeleton of 



Gastornis edwardsii. 

 (After Meunier), 



