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other skeletons and numerous bones are to be found in 
other institutions, but the author is not aware of any egg 
being in this country. Specimens of the A2pyornis are 
_rare in this country, but Mr. Robert Gilfort, of Orange, 
N.J., is the possessor of a very fine egg. A number of 
eggs have been sold in London, the prices ranging from 
£200 down to £42, this last being much less than prices 
ws paid for eggs of the great auk. But then, the great 
auk is somewhat of a fad, and there are just enough 
ges in existence to bring one into the market every 
‘little while. Besides, the number of eggs of the great 
(uk is a fixed quantity, while no one knows how many 
more of Apyornis remain to be discovered in the swamps 
of Madagascar. No specimens of the gigantic Pata- 
q gonian birds are now in this country, but a fine exam- 
ple of one of the smaller forms, Pelycornis, including 
the only breast-bone yet found, is in the Museum of 
_ Princeton University. 
im | Ihe largest known tibia of a Moa, the longest bird- 
_ bone known, is in the collection of the Canterbury Mu- 
scum, Christchurch, New Zealand ; it is 3 feet 3 inches 
long. This, however, is exceptional, the measurements 
of the leg-bones of an ordinary Dinornis maximus 
being as follows: Femur, 18 inches; tibia, 32 inches ; 
tarsus, 19 inches, a total of 5 feet 9 inches. The egg 
measures 104 by 64 inches. 
There is plenty of literature, and very interesting 
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