SUB-FOSSIL REMAINS FROM KING ISLAND. 
not somewhat small ones of introduced mainland birds, the two 
skins preserved in the British Museum belong to the same species 
of bird that laid the eggs referred to by Mr. Le Souéf, 
adequate description of these skins has yet been published, but in 
view of the facts that (1) we know of eggs found in Tasmania 
that are distinct from those of the mainland form, and (2) that 
there are two authentically recorded skins of Emus from Tasmania 
that differ from those of the mainland bird, and differ also both in 
size and colour from those of the Bass Strait Islands, it appears 
to be certain that Tasmania was inhabited by an Emu distinct both 
from that of the Australian Continent and that of the Islands, and 
for this species when it is adequately described the name of J). 
diemensis may appropriately be retained. 
In the following tables we give details of the measurements of 
the Femurs, Tibio-tarsal, and Tarso-metatarsal bones, the general 
results of which have been summarized in some of the foregoing 
tables :— 
DrRoM&US MINOR. 
Xo 
7 r l 
167 | 166 | 162 
37 | 38 | 39 
aad r r 
= 
139 |137 |132 
| | 2 3 
r l r 
186 |180 |179 
13 14 15 
r 
Ned ba i a bl 
25 26 At 
l 
130 
juv. | im, |imm.| juv. 
Femur. 
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
r r r l l i l 
179 178 178 177 176 174 |172°5 
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 
r r® 1 r l l r 
169 16y 169 168 168 168 |167-5 
30 31 32 53 34 35 36 
l r r l l ( r 
161 160 160 160 160 160 | 159 
42 43 44 45 46 47 48 
1 l l r l r r 
157 157 157 156 156 155 155 
54 55 56 57 58 59 60 
r r r l l r 
152 148 |145-5] 145 145 145 | 142 
jue. ? im 
* Slightly broken. 
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