308 DR. H. 6ADOW ON THE SPECIES Of RHEA. [Mar. 17, 



6. On the Anatomical Differences in the three Species of 

 Rhea. By Hans Gadow, Ph.D., M.A. Cambridge. 



[Eeceived March 17, 1885.] 



In the spring of 1883 the Museum of the University of Cam- 

 bridge received from the Zoological Society of London two specimens 

 of Ilhea darwini and one of JRh. macrorhyncha, with the under- 

 standing that I should compare examples of the three species of 

 Rhea hitherto known with each other, and point out their anatomical 

 differences, provided there were any. The comparison made in the 

 following pages must, however, necessarily be incomplete, because 

 some of the specimens were imperfect and were of different ages and 

 sexes. The material at my disposal was the following : — 



One specimen of Rh. macrorhyncha, immature, with most of the 

 Tiscera removed previously. 



One specimen of Rh. darwini, S , not quite adult ; skeleton and 

 viscera complete. 



One specimen of Rh. darwini, 5 ; skeleton complete, viscera 

 partly removed previously. 



Rh. americana. Several skeletons and preparations of visceral parts 

 in the collections of the Universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg, 

 and in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 



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