Present distribution of the so called Ratitae. 165 



Emeus. 



) 'J'arso-metatarsiis 8.2 — 8.75 inches 



) Tibio-tarsus 18.5 — 19.9 inches . . . . E. crassus. 



j Tarso-metatarstis 17.8 inches 



Ì Tibio-tarsus 17.9 inches E. fjravipes. 



j Tarso-metatarsus 7.4 inches 



1 Tibio-tarsus 16.7 inches E. haasti. 



E. hoothi has shorter and narrower beak than any other 

 Emeus. 



E. parheri is the only Emeus with right-angled orbits. 



E. exilis has only a slight frontal rising to the cranial roof 

 while in the other 4 species this frontal rising is very conspicuous. 



Pachyornis. 



/ I'arso-metatarsus 9 — 9.5 inches 



) Tibio-tarsus 20.8 — 22.8 inches .... P. elephantopus. 



j Tarso-metatarsus 9.8 — 9.9 inches 



\ Tibio-tarsus 23 — 24 inches P. immanis. 



j Tarso-metatarsus 8.5 inches 



Ì Tibio-tarsus 22 inches P. rothschildi. 



I Tarso-metatarsus 8 — 8.25 inches 



1 Tibio-tarsus 18.5 — 19 inches P. ponderosus. 



j Tarso-metatarsus 6 inches 



\ Tibio-tarsus 13.5 inches P. pygmaeus. 



I Tarso-metatarsus 7 — 7.8 inches 



\ Tibio-tarsus 15.7 — 16.6 inches .... P. gravis. 



f Tarso-metatarsus 7.2 inches 



I Tibio-tarsus 15.2 inches P. compacta. 



I Tarso-metatarsus 8.5 inches 



i Tibio-tarsus 19.5 inches P. inhabilis. 



/Tarso-metatarsus 8.5 inches 

 Tibio-tarsus 18 inches P. valgus. 



I (Distinguished at once by enormous 

 expansion of distal end of Tibio- 

 tarsus.) 



Palaeocasuarius. 



j Tarso-metatarsus 7.8 inches 



I Tibio-tarsus 16 inches 



I Femur 10.625 inches p. elegans. 



«Tarso-metatarsus 7 inches 

 Tibio-tarsus 

 I Femur 9.5 inches p. y^iox. 



