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10.25 inches ; of the third toe, 8 inches ; of the outer toe, 8.5 

 inches ; of the foot, 20 inches ; of the step, about 3 feet. Dis- 

 tance between the extremities of the outer toes, 1 .3 inch ; of the 

 inner and second toes, 6.5 inches ; of the second and third, 3.4 

 inches ; of the third and fourth, 2.7 inches. Width of the toes, 

 2 to 3.3 inches. Length of the phalanges of the inner toe, — 

 proximal phalanx, 3 inches ; the second, 2 inches ; the third, 3.4 

 inches (?) : of the second toe, — the proximal, 2.4 inches ; the 

 second, 2.5 inches ; the third, 2.9 inches ; the fourth, 2.6 (?) 

 inches : of the proximal metacarpal bone of the third and fourth 

 toes, 3.5 inches ; of the second do., 4 inches : of the first phalanx 

 of the third toe, 2 inches ; of the second, 2 inches ; of the dis- 

 tal, 3.8 (?) inches : of the outer toe, — the proximal, 1.6 inch ; the 

 second, 1.6 inch; the distal, 5.4 inches (?). Divarication of the 

 axes of the feet and the line of direction, 15^. Distance of the 

 middle of the heel from the line of direction, 2.5 inches. Integ- 

 uments of the bottom of the feet rugose and irregularly papillose. 

 Track shown, of the natural size, with the papillose impressions, on 

 Plate 12, fig. 1. 



Locality. — South Hadlej, near the house of Pliny Moody, Esq., 

 by whom it was discovered and preserved, and the specimen, the 

 only one known, deposited in the cabinet of Amherst College, 

 where it is numbered 234. Mr. Moody was the first person in 

 the Connecticut valley who recognized the fossil footmarks found 

 there as those of birds ; having spoken, more than forty years 

 since, of those on No. 61 of my cabinet as made by " poultry," 

 or by " Noah's raven." Hence it has seemed to me but jus- 

 tice that his name should be attached to this most remarkable 

 species. 



Affinities of the Genus. — Its biped character is evident from 



