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&tt long as broad and very convex, with small coracoidal facettes, three 

 castal facettes on each side, the lateral processes widely divergent, and 

 a xiphisternal notch. The scapular arch is reduced to a long and slender 

 scapulo-coracoid bone on each side, destitute of a glenoid cavity for 

 the humerus. The pelvis is narrow, with elevated ilium, and a slight 

 pectineal process on the pubis. The femur is comparatively long and 



Fio. 144. 



A. Pachyornis elephantopu* ; skeleton, restored from more than one individual, 

 with too few cervical vertebrae, about one-eighteenth nat. size. Pleistocene ; 

 New Zealand. (After Owen.) 



Dinornis giganteus ; right hind limb, anterior aspect, about one-twentieth 

 nat. size. Pleistocene ; New Zealand. (After Owen.) 



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slender, with a short neck; it exhibits a medullary cavity with very 

 thick walls. The tibio-tarsus and tarso- metatarsus are also long and 

 slender, the length of the latter at least equalling that of the fi-mur 

 ;m<l exceeding half that of the tibio-tarsus. The hallux is either rudi- 

 mentary or absent. The typical species is Dinornis nowe-zealandice or 



