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HARPAGORNIS HAAST. 



ALLIED to Aquila, from which it is distinguished by the ulna being 

 relatively shorter and the tarso-metatarsus stouter. 



HARPAGORNIS MOOREI haast. 



Harpagornis moorei Haast, Trans. N.Z. Inst. IV, p. 192 (1872). 



DESCRIPTION of femur (from Haast): The cylindrical shaft bent 

 forward, and above the distal extremity it is slightly curved back. 

 The hollow on the top of the head is very large and measures 

 •42 inch across. 



The trochanteric ridge is well developed and the outer side is very 

 rough, showing that muscles of great strength and thickness must have been 

 attached to it. 



The inter-muscular linear ridges are well raised above the shaft, of 

 which the one extending from the fore and outer angle of the epitrochanteric 

 articular surface to the outer condyle is the most prominent. The pits for 

 the attachment of the ligaments in the inter-condyloid fossa are strongly 

 marked. The femur is pneumatic, the proximal orifice is large and ear- 

 shaped, resembling in form most closely that of the Australian Sea Eagle. 



Total length 6*66 inches. 



Circumference at proximal end .... .... 4*66 



Circumference at distal end .... .... 558 ,, 



Circumference at thinnest part of shaft .... 2*50 ,, 



Ungual phalanx (probably of left hallux) : 



Length 2*92 inches. 



Circumference at articular end .... .... 3* 17 ,, 



Ungual phalanx (probably of right second toe) : 



Length .... .... .... .... .. . .... 275 inches. 



Circumference .... .... .... .... .... 2-92 ,, 



Type locality: Glenmark Swamp. 

 Habitat: New Zealand. 



Type bones: 1 left femur, 2 ungual phalanges, and 1 rib. 

 For a more detailed description my readers must refer to the Trans- 

 actions of the New Zealand Institute VI, pp. 64-75 (1874). 



