1865.] DR. J. HECTOR ON THE BONES OF DINORNIS. 751 
that the fragments towards one end of the shell were scorched when 
they were found in the native cooking-ovens, which correspond to the 
« kitchen-middens” of Europe. His inference, therefore, receives 
remarkable confirmation from the manner in which this perfect spe- 
cimen of the egg has been found. 
In order to approximate to the number of species represented in 
these different collections, the following table has been constructed 
to show the comparative measurements of the principal bones. 
As the species have been determined only from the scale of mea- 
surements given in Owen’s Monograph, the nomenclature is not to 
be implicitly relied on. 
No. of | Length | Girth, |Girth of} Girth, : 
SUES pi bane. oeiciiaal mfidille: distal, Species. 
mens, 
in in. in. in. 
Femur. 1 16 16 75 18 D. giganteus. 
z 11 (a3) 85 45 10°5 D. didiformis. 
” 1 9 9 5:7 hes pete 
id 13 9-5 9-7 47 10°5 \ D. dromioides. 
5 2 14 16°5 a 14 
» 1 14 16 4 14 D. ingens. 
+ 3 12°5 15 7°5 15°5 
3 2 11 13:3 67 14 D. crassus. | 
. . - 99 i 
fh * 3 = 5 o ea \ D. struthioides. 
55 1 6 se 2°5 he ~ D. curtus. 
Tibia. 1 28:5 13-7 57 13 
J 1 28 15°5 6-5 13°5 D. ingens, vay. 
» 1 29°5 19°5 45 12 robustus. 
rd 2 29 18 6 13°5 
9 
a ’ ae a, es ry bo. dromioides. 
= : Be le Be 127 i D. giganteus. 
» 2 Vib 13 4:3 10 D d 
¢ 5 16°5 12:7 43 82 1, CASUATUNUS. 
” 1 15°7 11 5:5 14 
- 1 19 12°5 5 a D. struthioides. 
8 1 13a; 9°5 : 12-5 
z2 ; 13 As Z = to. curtus. 
Tar.-metatar. 1 185 wae Dae Xs 
3 1 19 12 6 15 D. giganteus. 
ne 1 18°5 12 6 15 
oe 1 15) at ay i 
A 4 16:3 ae 57 13°3 D. ingens (?)*. 
7. 14 12 105 5 11-5 | D.struthioides(?). 
ag 6 775 8 48 10 
Fc 1 75 8 4 8 
* 1 73 85 | 45 10 \ D. casuarinus. 
f 1 (eri A woe on 
” 2 8 85 4-5 10 
Es 3 8-5 9°5 53 11:5 D. crassus. 
= 1 9-5 10°5 58 13 (2) 
2 10°5 11 12:5 (2) 
a 2 ll 13 6:5 14:5 (?) 
= 2 10 105 2-7 10:7 D. curtus (?). 
ee ee ae 
* These four are along with tibie of D. angens; otherwise they would agree 
better with D. giganteus. 
