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Femur. 



Total length 90—92 mm. 



Width of distal extremity 15 — 16 



Width of proximal extremity 14 — 16 



Width of shaft 0062—7 „ 



Sternum. 



Total length 64—88 mm. 



Width in front 35—48 „ 



Width behind costal facets 26 — 36 „ 



Width at posterior border 27 — 35 „ 



Coracoidals. 



Total length 59—67 mm. 



Width at lower extremity .... .... 17 — 18 „ 



Humerus. 



Total length 118— 180 mm. 



Width of proximal extremity 20 — 27 ,, 



Width of distal extremity 0165—24 „ 



Width of shaft 7—11 „ 



Metacarpals. 



Total length 62—98 mm. 



Width of proximal extremity .... .... 12 — 17 



Width of distal extremity 7—11 „ " 



The anonymous author of the manuscript " Relation de Tile Rodrigue " 

 (see Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) II p. 133 et seq. 1875) about the year 1830 mentions 

 this bird as follows : — " There are not a few Bitterns which are birds which 

 only fly a very little, and run uncommonly well when they are chased. They 

 are of the size of an Egret and something like them." 



Habitat : Rodriguez Island. 



2 Humeri, 2 Femora, 2 Tibiae, and 2 Metatarsi in the Tring Museum. 



