476 MR. LYDEKKER ON PLEISTOCENE BIRD-REMAINS. [NoV. 3, 



I may observe that P. tenuirostris, Temm., of Japan &c., agrees 

 with P. anglorum in the great length of thecnemial crest of the tibio- 

 tarsus, and that P. cinereus ^ makes an approximation in this respect. 

 In P. fuliginosus and P. clilororliynchus, however (as I have 

 observed), the cnemial crest of the tibio-tarsus is of the short type 

 of the specimen represented in fig. 14 of the Plate ; and I would 

 suggest that attention to the relative length of this crest may afford 

 important aid in the specific determination of the Shearwaters. 



DESCEIPTION OP PLATE XXXVII. 



Figs. 1,1a. Buho, cf. cincrasceiiSjOtwevin. Anterior and distal aspects of the 

 distal half of the left tarso-metatarsus. 

 -- 2,2 a. Milviis, cf. ictinus, Savigny. Anterior and distal aspects of the 

 left tarso-metatarsus. 

 3. Aquila, sp. Terminal phalangeal of the pes. 

 ^ i,4 a. Coracias, cf. aiyssinica, Bodd. Anterior aspect of the left tibio- 

 tarsus and tarso-metatarsus. 

 5. Corvus corona, JAvm. Ventral aspect of the right coracoid. 

 ^ 6, 6 a. Turdiis musicns, Linn. Anterior aspect of the left tibio-tarsus 

 and tarso-metatarsus. 

 7, 7 a. Coccothraustes vulgaris, PaUas. Palmar and dorsal aspects of 

 the right humerus. 

 -' 8, 8 a. Turdus, cf. miisicus, Linn. Palmar and dorsal aspects of the 

 right humerus. 

 9, 9 a. Alauda, cf. arhorea, Linn. Palmar and dorsal aspects of the right 

 humerus. 

 10, 10 a. Hirundo (?) sp. Palmar and dorsal aspects of the left humerus. 



11. Columba, cf. livia, Linn. Veutral aspect of the left coracoid. 



12. Coturnix communis, Bonnaterre. Anterior aspect of the right 



tarso-metatarsus. 

 ' 13, 13 a. Puffinus fuliginosuf:, Kuhl. Palmar and dorsal aspects of the 



right humerus. 

 ^ 14, 14 a. Fiiffimw, sp. 2. Anterior aspect of the right tibio-tarsus and 



tarso-metatarsus. 

 ] 5, 15 a. Puffinus, cf. anglorum, Temminck. Palmar and dorsal aspects 



of the left humerus. 

 ^ 16, 16 a. Puffinus, cf. anglorum. Anterior aspect of the right tibio-tarsus 



and tarso-metatarsus. 



All the specimens are represented of the natural size. Those in figures 1, 

 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10 are from the ossiferous breccia of Monte San Giovanni, near 

 Iglesias, Sardinia ; the others from a cave at Pietro Tampoia, Tavolara. 



2. On Remains of a Large Stork from the Allier Miocene. 

 By R. LydekkeRj B.A. 



[Eeceived July 30, 1891.] 



In his well-known work on the Fossil Birds of France, Prof. A. 

 Milne-Edwards ^ described the remains of a Stork from the Lower 



1 See Milne-Edwards, op. cit. pi. 51. figs. 14, 15. 



^ Rech. Oiseaux Foss. de la France, vol. i. p. 460 (1867-68). 



