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Extinct Struthiones are known from all the great regions 

 of the Old World, but none from the New. The extinct 

 Apteryges come from the Australian realm only. The 

 Gastornithes are known from the Eocenes of both Europe 

 and North America. Gastornis .has persistent sutures of 

 the skull, and a tooth-like process on the upper jaw. G. 

 edwardsil was nine feet high. The species of Dinornis (Fig. 

 31) from the Plistocene of New Zealand were all of large 

 size, some of them reaching twelve feet in height. One 

 species is known from Australia. 



Fig. Z\.—Dinornu parvus Owen. From Plistocene of Xew Zealand. From 

 Owen. 11, ilium; is, ischium; pp, pubis; st, sternum; B, tarsonietatarsus. 



The tribe Odoxtolc/E includes but one order : 



Teeth in a groove; sternum without keel; 

 wings rudimeutal ; pelvic bones free 

 posteriorly ; vertebr£E saddle-shaped ; Drommopappi. 



The Drom/EOPAPPi has but one family, the Hesperorni- 

 thidse, which have been only found so far in the Upper 



