SUB-FOSSIL REMAINS FROM KING ISLAND. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 
PLATE 1. 
View of sand-blow at Seal Bay, King Island, where the majority of the specimens were 
obtained. Fragments of bones can be seen in the foreground. From a photograph 
taken by Mr. C. L. Barrett. 
PLATE 2. 
Fig. 1. Left Femur, D. nove-hollandie. 238 mm. 
Fig. 2. Left Femur, D. minor. 180 mm. 
Fig. 3. Femur, D. minor. 158 mm. 
Fig. 4. Left Femur, D. minor. 156 mm. 
Fig. 5. Right Femur, D. minor. 186 mm. 
Fig. 6. Left Femur, D. minor. 171 mm. 
Fig. 7. Left Femur, D. minor. 160. 
PLATE 3. 
A series of bones showing variations in size of the Tibio-tarsus, and a comparison of this with 
the same bone in Dromeus nove-hollandie and D. peronr. 
Fig. 1. Right Tibio-tarsus, D. minor. 338 mm. (broken, probably 25 mm. longer). 
Fig. 2. Right Tibio-tarses, D. minor. 333 mm. 
Fig. 3. Left Tibio-tarsus, D. minor. 328 mm. 
Fig. 4. Left Tibio-tarsus, D. minor. 314 mm., slightly broken. 
Fig. 5. Right Tibio-tarsus, D. minor. 315 mm. 
Fig. 6. Right Tibio-tarsus, D. minor. 301 mm. 
Fig. 7. Left Tibio-tarsus, D. peront. 276 mm., broken. 
Fig. 8. Left Tibio-tarsus, D. minor. 283 mm., slightly broken. 
Fig. 9. Right Tibio-tarsus, D. nove-hollandie. 447 mm. 
Fig. 10. Left Tibio- tarsus, D. nove-hollandie. 447 mm. 
Fig. 11. Fibula, D. minor. 
Fig. 12. Fibula, D. minor. 
PLATE 4, 
Figs. 1-12 show the variations in size of the Tarso-metatarsus, and a comparison of this in 
Dromeus minor with the same bone in D. nove-hollandie and D. peront. 
Fig. 1. Right Tarso-metatarsus, D. nove-hollandie. 395 mm. 
Fig. 2. Left Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. 292 mm. 
Fig. 3. Right Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor, 278 mm. 
Fig. 4. Left Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. 278 mm. 
Fig. 5. Right Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. 265 mm. 
6. Left Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. 253 mm. 
Fig. 7. Right Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. The specimen is immature. 242 mm. 
8. Left Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. 245 mm. 
Fig. 9. Left Tarso-metatarsus, D. peront. 237 mm. 
Fig. 10. Left Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. The specimen is immature. 231.5 mm. 
Fig. 11. Left Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. 232 mm. 
Fig. 12. Left Tarso-metatarsus, D. minor. 218 mm. 
Fig. 13. Middle Toe Bone, D. nove-hollandie. 
Fig. 14. Middle Toe Bone, D. minor. 
Fig. 15. Middle Toe Bone, D. minor. 
Fig. 16. Rib, D. nove-hollandice. 
Fig. 17. Rib, D. minor. 
Fig. 18. Rib, D. minor. 
Fig. 19. Pectoral Girdle without the Clavicle, D. nove-hollandice. 
Fig. 20. Pectoral Girdle without the Clavicle, D. minor. 
PLATE 5 
Fig. 1. Pelvis of Dromeus nove-hollandie. Length 493 mm. 
Fig. 2. Pelvis of Dromeus minor. Broken specimen, showing the proximal parts of the pubis 
and ischium. 
Fig. 3. Pelvis of Dromeus minor. Length 285 mm. 
Fig. 4. Pelvis of Dromeus minor, Length 295 mm. 
Fig. 5. Pelvis of Dromeus minor. Length 276 mm. 
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