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Transactions. — Zoology. 



prominences in quincuncial arrangement, separated by flat smooth interspaces 



about a tenth of an inch wide. There is no appearance of its having been 



covered with horny scales as in Apteryx. In colour the integument is 



yellowish brown, getting paler on the posterior surface; while the bones, 



including the last (ungual) joint of the hind toe (pi. XIX., e), are bleached 

 quite white. 



Left Metatarsus. 

 Of this bone only a portion of the posterior half of the distal end 

 remains, the rest having entirely decayed away. 



Right Tibia, 



Length 



Breadth at proximal end 



In. Lines 



*? 



distal end 



• • • 



Circumference at middle 

 Fibular ridge extends down 



9 9 



• • 



• • 



• • 



• • 



* I • 



• • 



• • » 



27 

 6 

 4 

 5 



11 



8 



1 



1 

 9 

 5 



The cartilage still extends over the lower epiphysis; but the tipper 



articular end is quite decayed and rotten. Small lichens 

 furcata grow on the anterior surface close up to the cartilage. 



Metzge 



Left Femui 



In. Lines. 



Length 



• • • 



• • 



• • * 



Breadth at proximal end * 



« • • 



5? 



distal end 



• • • 



• • 



Circumference at middle . . 



This bone is mrnVh rlpnfl-pwl 



• • 



14 



5 



• • 



? 



• • 



5 

 7 



8 

 3 



lichens. 



ior side with small 



Sternum, 



A fragment of the right upper corner remains, showing an apparently- 

 small costal process, a rather shallow coracoid groove, and with the lateral 

 process but slightly diverging. The whole bone seems to have been very 

 small for so large a bird, as it by no means equals that of 

 elephantopus. 



Dinornis 



rdinary juxtaposition 



decayed and lichen-covered bone with well-preserved skin and flesh seems to 

 me to point to some peculiarity in the atmosphere which enables flesh to 

 resist decay when shaded from the rays of the sun, and by no means to prove 

 that the bird to which this skin and flesh belonged lived at a later date than 



buried 



Coughtrey. 



following valuable notes I am indebted to my friend Dr. Millen 



