





Length of 









bone. 



Tarsus 



metatars 



lUS 



7-0 in. 



Tibia 







15-3 „ 



Eemur 







9-0 „ 



Girth of shaft, 



Girth of 



thinnest part. 



distal end. 



40 in. 



8-6 in. 



3-7 „ 



8-6 „ 



4-3 „ 



9-8 „ 



24 Transactions. 



The skeleton articulated for the Canterbury Museum, has been selected 

 from this subdivision. 



No. 5. Din. didiformis. — Middle size. 

 The femur is larger than Professor Owen's didiformis, but smaller than 

 his dromioides. 



The tibia is about three-tenths of an inch shorter than Professor Owen's, 

 and comparatively more slender. 



The metatarsus exhibits the same characters as the figured one, but is 

 shorter by nearly an inch : 



Girth of 



proximal end. 



7-2 in. 



10-1 „ 



9-5 „ 



No. 6. Din. didiformis. — Smallest size. 

 Femur still a little larger generally, tibia and metatarsus smaller than 

 Professor Owen's figured bones ; but I may observe that I articulated this 

 subdivision only after great hesitation, and that I do not feel at all satisfied 

 about its correctness. However, several of the bones Avere found lying close 

 together, and may therefore have really belonged to one bird ; and the 

 general character of the bones may lead us again to the conclusion that they 

 were young specimens of the two former : 



Length of Girth of 



bone. proximal end. 



Tarsus metatarsus 6'9 in. 7 "3 in. 



Tibia 14-6 „ ll'l „ 



Femur 9-0 „ 9-1 „ 



No. 7. Dinornis, sp. 

 We 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 strutliioides. On the other hand they are much smaller than 

 those of Falapteryx ingens. There is no dent or depression on the back of 

 the metatarsus, for the attachment of the back metatarsal trachlea. This 

 bird was bow-legged, and resembled most Dinornis strutliioides in its principal 

 characteristics, althousfh of larger dimensions : 



Girth of shaft, 



Girth of 



thinnest part. 



distal end. 



4-0 in. 



8-8 in. 



3-8 „ 



9-0 „ 



4-7 „ 



10-9 „ 





Length of 



Girth of 



Girth of shaft, 



Girth of 





bone. 



proximal end. 



thinnest part. 



distal end. 



Tarsus metatarsus 



12-9 in. 



10-8 in. 



4-7 in. 



13-2 in. 



Tibia 



24-8 „ 



14-8 „ 



5-2 „ 



12-7 „ 



Femur 



12-3 „ 



14-3 „ 



6-4 „ 



14-8 „ 



The bones belong evidently to adult birds. Three specimens, 



