30 Transactions. 
TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS OF SOME CRANIA IN THE CANTERBURY Museum. 
Length of Depression 
Breadth cranium Breadth between 
from ra-| of cranium the two tu- 
of cranium il. Foramen Ai 
— dicus thh eare i across the MAn berosities 
thastoids crest to temporal agnum. | below basi- 
is premaxil- fossee. : occipital to 
lary fossee. parietal. 
No. 1. ins. ins. ins. ins. ins. 
Dinornis giganteus, be- 
longing to our arti- 70 vert 
culated skeleton... | 465 3°70 299: 112 inta } 210 
No. 2. ; 
Dinornis giganteus ... 4:40 broken 2:05 f x Mol } 2:0 
No. 3. 
^ moe ; E : ( | 65 vert. $ 
Dinornis giganteus ...| 4:25 3°65 AE Eee } 1:90 
No. 4. i 
Dinornis robustus ...| — 410 3:55 "me L LA 
e (| '57 vert 
Dinornis ... .] 285 2:95 185 i| Sanu (1 iR 
(probably gracilis) Soross |3 
List or Dryornis BONES, BELONGING TO THE senha SPECIEs, 
ACCORDING TO THE PRECEDING MEASUREMENTS 
15 
No. 1 Ka 
a o o es ee 45 Din. casuarinus 
a: oa 
BW. 2 ur 
2: 4 zs V n 37  , didiformis 
ae A. T PEE 
» 7 3 » Sp. 
5» 9 1 Pal. ingens 
» A0 . 8 Din. gracilis 
» 4l 6 , struthioides 
j 19 B , eed some dte 
5 13 7 „ ditto (smaller size) 
14 2 , ditto (?) 
4. I5 : 4: , ditto (?) 
» I9 l4  , crassus 
» 1 3 $4 (ap 
w18 l , maximus (?) 
» 19 Lg: ditto = 
» 20 6 „ gigante 
» 21 2. robin 
Tu. .. -. ^ ... 144 adult birds 
27 young birds of different species 
dc ATR 
