30 Transactions. 



Table of Measueements oe some Crania in the Canteebuet Museum. 



No. 1. 

 Dinornis giganteus, be 

 longing to our arti 

 ciliated skeleton . 



No. 2. 

 Dinornis giganteus , 



No. 3. 

 Dinornis giganteus . 



No. 4. 

 Dinornis robustus 



No. 5. 

 Dinornis ... 



(probably gracilis) 



Breadth 



of cranium 



across the 



mastoids. 



4-55 

 4-40 

 4-25 

 4-10 



2-85 



Length of 

 cranium 

 from supra- 

 occipital 

 crest to 

 premaxil- 

 lary fossfe. 



ms. 

 3-70 

 broken 

 3-65 

 3-55 

 2-95 



Breadth 

 of cranium 

 across the 



temporal 



2-90 



2-95 



2-80 



2'85 [ 



1-85 



K ( 



Foramen 

 magnum. , 



70 vert. 

 65 across 



85 vert. 

 75 across 



65 vert. 

 65 across 



60 vert. 

 70 across 



57 vert. 

 54 across 



Depression 

 between 



the two tu- 

 berosities 



below basi- 



occipital to 

 parietal. 





2-10 





2-0 



] 



1-90 



} 



1-77 



^ 



J 



1-52 



List of Dinoenis Bones, BELONaiNa to the following Species, 



ACCOEDINa TO THE PEECEDIN& MeASUEEMENTS : 



No. 1 15) 



„ 2 

 „ 3 

 „ 4 

 „ 5 

 „ 6 

 „ '7 

 „ 8 

 „ 10 

 „ 11 

 „ 12 

 „ 13 

 „ 14 

 „ 15 

 „ 16 

 „ 17 

 „ 18 

 „ 19 

 „ 20 

 „ 21 



16 



} 45 



D 



m. casuarinus 



14 



) 







17 



) 







12 



8 



[ 37 





„ didiformis 



) 



.. 3 





, sp. 





1 



Pal. ingens 





3 



Din. gracilis 





.. 6 





, strutliioides 





.. 9 





„ elepLantopus 





.. 7 





, ditto (smaller size) 





.. 2 





, ditto (?) 





.. 4 





, ditto (?) 





.. 14 





, crassus 





.. 3 





, (?)sp. 





1 





, maximus (?) 





r 



) 



, ditto (smaller) 





6 





, giganteus 





.. 2 





, robustus 



Total 



Grrand Total 



144 adult birds 

 27 young birds of different species 



171 



