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REMAINS OF STRUTHIOLITHUS CHERSONENSIS. 
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EASTMAN 
TABLE SHOWING COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE EGG SHELLS OF STRUTHIOUS BIRDS. 
Name of Species. 
Epyornis maximus Geoff. 
a oe se 
“ee eé sc 
“ “ ce 
DDEROMEIRD: 64 i$ sas — GIP hs 
Struthiolithus chersonensis Bat. 
“ce ce “ce 
Struthio camelus Linn. 
“ee “ “ee 
Rhea darwinit Gould . 
“ce “e “s 
: 
Rhea americana (Linn.) 
ay sé “ce 
Casuarius bennettt Gould 
f- australis Wall. . . 
Dromeus nove hollandice (Lath. ) 
Gallus gallus Linn.. . . . 
“pil 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
a a | 
oT FR © DH SO 
[eurpngisuo0'y 
cm. 
24.5 
22.5 
23.0 
23.4 
Lifes 
15.0 
14.75 
13.40 
13.50 
9.45 
9.00 
9.95 
9.13 
9.00 
8.65 
8.08 
4.30 
“aoUaIOJUINIILY 
soley 
[emojenby 
“aOUIIATUIMIIID 
em. 
92.1 
85.0 
84.0 
84.8 
52.0 
51.35 
47.10 
46.00 
35.85 | 
34.60 
37.35 
35.90 
36.45 
32.80 
30.04 | 
15.55 | 13.40 
‘sexy JO oOnvY 
‘TRUS 
JO ssauyonyy, 
le 
819.+ 
310.05 
310.95 
79.89 
17.33 
106.64 
74.48 
73.86 
65.41 
63.47 
5.75 
125.4 
121.30 
125.82 
33.87 
35.79 
47.80 
31.58 
82.51 
28.46 
26.40 
2.62 
Cubic 
Contents. 
c.cm. 
11,035.8 
9,012.5 
8,863.5 
8,887.8 
4,180.6 
Remarks. 
Original in Brit. Museum, No. 41,847. 
vs “ Paris Museum. 
re ‘* Paris Museum. 
Plaster cast in M. C. Z. 
Figured by Owen and Rowley. 
2,075.1] Type specimen. 
1,896.90 | Chinese example. 
1,423.63 | Largest ostrich egg in M. C. Z. 
1,350.00} Brandt’s largest ostrich egg. 
570.44} From Sandy Point, Patagonia. 
500.75 From‘ Hf fe 
639.23 
534.84 
548.72 
“Brazil. 
“ “ 
‘¢ New Britain. 
439.43 | From Australia. 
847.67 | From Victoria, Australia. 
50.00 
| 
Medium-sized hen’s egg. 
