488 APPENDIX. 



Gigantic Bird of New Zealand," vol. iii. November, 1839. II. "On 

 Dinornis, an extinct Genus of Struthious Birds," &c. with 15 plates, 

 1844. III. " On Dinornis, Part II." &c. with eleven plates, 1846. IV. 

 " On Dinornis, Part III." &c. with five plates, illustrative of the crania. 

 &c. collected by Mr. Walter Mantell, and now in the British Museum, 

 1848. V. "On Dinornis, Part IV." &c. with four plates, 1850. 



D. page 117. FEET OP DINORNIS ROBTJSTUS. As the specimens de- 

 scribed in the text are the only perfect series of the bones of the 

 feet hitherto found in juxtaposition, the dimensions of the principal 

 parts will interest the Ornithologist ; but I must refer for details to my 

 Memoir on the Geology of New Zealand, " Journal of the Geological 

 Society of London," vol. vi. p. 338 ; or to " Pictorial Atlas of Organic 

 Remains," p. 10. 



Tarso-metatarsal : length, 17 inches; circumference of proximal end, 

 Hi; of the distal end, 15J. 



Toes: length of the inner toe, 9 inches; middle toe, 11 3; outer 

 toe, 9. 



Middle toe : length of first phalanx, 4| inches ; second, 2 \ ; third, 

 If; fourth or ungual bone, 3 inches. 



E. page 229. The following is another extract from the eloquent 

 Address of Sir Charles Lyell on that occasion, (Feb. 20, 1835.) "The 

 Wollaston Medal has been awarded to Mr. Mantell for his discoveries 

 in ' Fossil Comparative Anatomy, particularly of the genera Iguanodon 

 and Hylseosaurus.' There are few of you, gentlemen, I believe, entirely 

 unacquainted with the results of Mr. Mantell's investigations in this 

 department of science, few who have not either read of them in his 

 works, or seen them in his splendid Museum. That collection, now at 

 Brighton, which has already been visited by thousands of persons, is of 

 itself a monument of original research and talent, well deserving, even 

 if he had never written on the subject, as high a mark of distinction as 

 the Society has conferred upon Mr. Mantell this day. It is an assem- 

 blage of treasures which the mere industry of a collector could never 

 have brought together, and which wealth alone, even had Mr. Mantell 

 possessed it, could not have purchased. It required his zeal, inspired 

 by genius and directed by science, to bring to light, and, as it were, call 

 into existence, so many monuments of the former state of the animate 

 creation. Gentlemen, you will, I am sure, allow me to dwell somewhat 

 at length on this topic, as one which is to me of no ordinary interest, 

 for it is now nearly twenty years since I first had the good fortune to 

 become acquainted with Mr. Mantell ; before I had the honour of 

 knowing any one of the leading members of this Society ; before, indeed, 

 I had heard of the existence of the Society itself. At that time the 

 collection at Lewes was in its infancy, yet contained osteological remains 

 of that class, for the illustration of which it has since become so cele- 

 brated ; even at that time my friend had indulged sanguine anticipa- 

 tions, from seeing only a few bones and teeth, of the splendid discoveries 

 he should make in regard to these gigantic saurians ; even then he fore- 

 saw some of the results which have since been realized. I had after- 

 wards many opportunities of revisiting Lewes, more than once in 



