APTERYGID^. 



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The specimens in the British Museum Collection are probably all 

 referable to <<&. maximus. No. 41847 measures 13'1 by 9'5 ; it is 

 fractured. No. 41848 and an egg without number, both intact and 

 perfect in all respects, measure respectively: 11 by 8*25 and 11-25 

 by 8-25. A cast, No. A. 83, the original of which is preserved 

 in the Paris Museum, measures 12'25 by 9'25. 



1. Madagascar. Fragments only (A. 18) *. J. Porter, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Madagascar (41847) *. Purchased. 



1. Madagascar (41848) *. Purchased. 



1. Madagascar (without number) f. Purchased. 



Order AFTER YG IFORMES. 

 Family APTERYGID^E. 



Genus APTERYX, Shaw. 



Apteryx mantelli, Bartl. 



Apteryx mantelli, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 350 ; 1860, p. 194 ; 1863, 

 p. 234 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 607 (1895) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-L i. p. 7 (1899). 



Apteryx bulleri, Butter, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 308 (1888). 



The eggs of Man tell's Apteryx in the Collection are of an elongated 

 elliptical form, the two ends being closely alike. The shell is strong, 

 smooth and compact, but exhibits no gloss. They are of a dull white 

 or a very pale yellowish colour. 



They are enormously large in proportion to the size of the 

 bird. The two examples in the Collection measure respectively : 

 4-75 by 3-02 ; 4-7 by 2-9. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



London). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zool. Society. 



London). 



* These are exhibited in the Geological Galleries. 



t This is exhibited in the Zoological Galleries, as is also the cast above 

 mentioned. 



