PKOPESSOE OWEN ON THE GENUS DINOENIS. 



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" The metatarsus is shorter than Professor Owen's crassus, the circumference larger, but the proximal end is 

 somewhat smaller. 



" The tibia is smaller, but again thicker than Professor Owen's crassiis. 



" The femur is also shorter, whilst the circumference is the same as Professor Owen's species. An examina- 

 tion of the general character shows that it is a somewhat smaller but stouter bird than Professor Owen's 

 crassus." — Loc. cit. p. 86. 



Addition to Note 21, p. 371. 



To this species I should refer the specimens of which Dr. Haast gives the following average size of the leg- 

 bones of fifteen specimens obtained from the Glenmark swamp : — 



And on which he remarks : — " When examining the metatarsus of this subdivision, I found that it corre- 

 sponded best with one figured by Professor Owen as crassiis (pi. 48, p. 324, vol. iii. Trans. Zool. Soc), although 

 the measurements of crassus given by Professor Owen further on in his excellent Memoirs differ slightly from 

 the specimen in question, and, as it appears to me, from his own figured metatarsus." — Loc. cit. p. 82. 

 This difference applies to figure 3 in plate 48 of the Memoir cited, but not to figure 4 in that plate. 



Addition to Note 24, p. 371. 



" Dinornis elephantopus, Owen. Of this remarkable species hones of at least nine, more or less complete, 

 individuals were exhumed, of which four were of the same size as those figured by Professor Owen, while the 

 five others decrease gradually to the size of No. 13, without my being able to find any line of demarcation 

 between them. Of one of these large specimens, which were found together in their natural position, I give here 

 the measurements ; they represent, at the same time, the character of the three large specimens excavated. 



" Among the Glenmark bones the metatarsus is generally of larger dimensions than Professor Owen's, accord- 

 ing to his measurements ; the tibia between the two measurements he gives ; the femur is also slightly smaller 

 than the one Professor Owen figures ; — 



"There is, then, a distinct break between No. 13 (Din. elephantopus, smaUer size) and the next size. No. 16, 

 Dinornis crassus (?)." — Haast, loc. cit. p. 85. 



Addition to Note 27, p. 371. 



This species appears to be represented by a somewhat stronger variety in the South Island, and to have been 

 rare there. In the series of bones obtained from the Glenmark swamp. Dr. Haast remarks :— 



" No. 7. Dinornis, sp. Wo possess only the three principal bones of one leg, and odd bones of two other 

 specimens ; they are larger, and slightly thicker, than those of Dinornis struthioides. 



" On the other hand they are much smaller than those of Pcdapteryx ingens. There is no dent or depression 



