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two humeri from right and left sides, respectively, broken but nearly 

 complete ; a right and a left ulna ; one right metacarpus ; the anterior 

 part of a sternum including the spina sterni and the lower portion 

 of the grooved anterior end of the keel ; a broken sacrum ; the distal 

 end of a right femur; the proximal end of a right tibia and the 

 proximal part of a left metatarsus. Apparently these bones all be- 

 longed to one individual. All seem rather small so that they may 

 have come from a female bird. They agree in all details of structure 

 with more modern skeletons of the domestic fowl. 



Concerning these specimens Mr. de Booy wrote to Mr. Miller under 

 date of December 25, 1916 : " I am sending you herewith the fourth 

 and last shipment from St. Thomas. Amongst other things it con- 

 tains two skulls of large animals [fish] and also a set of vertebrae 

 and some ribs, etc., of the Isolobodon (?). I found the latter inside 

 a large cooking vessel in the Magen's Bay kitchen middens." In a 

 letter to me, dated July 6, 1917, he adds : " * * * the vessel was 

 quite deep down, and numerous other specimens were on top of it." 

 Unfortunately the bones found in the bowl were not specially desig- 

 nated in the package in which they were sent to Washington. But 

 the vertebrae of Gallus, listed above, were the only vertebrae in the 

 entire collection from the island of St. Thomas, save for isolated 

 segments of the backbones of fishes. Hence it would seem beyond 

 doubt that part if not all, of the fowl remains must have been con- 

 tained in this cooking vessel. 



NESOTROCHIS, new genus. 



Plate 82, figs. 1-5. 



Type. — Nesotrochis dehooyi, new species (Family Rallidae). 



Characters. — Femur and tibia (no other parts of skeleton seen) 

 much stronger and heavier in proportion to length than in other 

 North and South American Rallidae examined; Femur equal in 

 length to that of Aramides cayaTiea but much broader and heavier, 

 with highest point of ridge of trochanter maxima opposite a line 

 passing through the articular head; shaft more strongly curved: 

 tibio-tarsus slightly longer than that of Aramides cayanea and much 

 heavier especially toward distal end; proximal head larger and 

 stronger, with inner facet more deeply excavated and the ridge ex- 

 ternal to this concavity with a rounded tubercle on its outer margin ; 

 a slight ridge on the posterior articular surface of the condyles; all 

 crests and tubercles more strongly developed. 



NESOTROCHIS DEBOOYI, new species.^ 



Description. — Type. Cat. No. 225845 U.S.N.M., right femur, from 

 a kitchen midden at Magen's Bay, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, col- 

 lected December, 1916, by Theodoor de Booy. 



1 This species is named in honor of the collector, Mr. Theodoor de Booy. 



