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TABLE SHOWING COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE EGG SHELLS OF STRUTHIOUS BIRDS. 
Name of Species. 
Æpyornis maximus Geoff. 
Dinornis sp. . 
Struthiolithus chersonensis Bdt. 
“e “ ce 
Struthio camelus Linn. 
“e ce ce 
Rhea darwinii Gould . 
+ 
ce ce [73 
Rhea americana (Linn.) . 
[23 se «€ 
Casuarius bennetti Gould 
pl australis Wall. 
Dromeus nove hollandiæ (Lath.) 
Gallus gallus Linn. . 
Teurpngräuorg 
cm. 
35.1 
34.0 
32.0 
31.0 
25.2 
18.0 
118.0 
16.38 
16.0 
13.5 
12.9 
13.8 
13.8 
14 | 14.0 
15 12.1 
116/113 | 
l17| 55 | 
sxy 
O8IDASUVAL, 
RADAR) LINE) 
oem 
"SOX Y JO OLY 
| 
| 
cm. 
24.5 
92.5 
23.0 | 84.0 
23.4 |84.8 
lırs | — [55.9 |1.42/1.78/2 
115.0 [52.0 (46.0 |120 2.65) 
ek: 51.35. it 1.22 | |2.20 
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B 
76.8 
71.0 
72.0 
73.4 
92.1 | 
85.0 1.51 | 3.65 
1.39 | 3.45 
133| — 
2.556 
2.471 | 
13.50 | 46.00 42.40 1.19 2.001 — | 
9.45 35.85 29.90 | 1.43 oe 
Poa as 
9.00 34.60 28.40 11.43) 11.00 12. 
59 | 
9.13| | 35.90| | 28.70 | 1.51 | 1.00 | 2.361 
H | | | 
| 8.65 32.80 27.15 ER 
8.08 30.04 25.40 1.40 1.19 2.405 5 
4.30 15.55 19.40 1.98 0.39) 2.193 
j | | 
310.05 | 12 
| 310. 95 | 125 
79.89 
77.831 4 
9.95 | 37.35 31.251130) | 1.00 |2.230 106.64 
74.43 | 
73.86 
| 65.41 
OWO A 
Cubic 
Contents. 
c.cm. 
11,035.8 
9,012.5 
8,863.5 
8,887.8 
4,180.6 
2,075.+ 
1,896.90 | 
1,423.63, 
| 1,350.00 
Remarks. 
Original in Brit. Museum, No. 41,847. 
ng ‘ Paris Museum. 
* Paris Museum. 
Plaster cast in M C.Z. 
Figured by Owen and Rowley. 
| Type specimen. 
Chinese example. 
Largest ostrich egg in M. C. Z. 
Brandt's largest ostrich egg. 
From Sandy Point, Patagonia. 
From * 
Brazil. 
New Britain. 
3! From Australia. 
7 From Victoria, Australia. 
50.00 
Medium-sized hen’s egg. 
