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EMEUS BOOTHI NOM. NOV. 



Emeus, Species A, Parker, Trans. Zool. Soc. XIII, p. 379 (1895), pi. XVI. 



EASILY distinguished by the shorter and narrower beak. Type specimen 

 — the skull found by Mr. R. S. Booth at Stag Point — now in Otago 

 University Museum, figured as above. 

 Habitat : Middle Island, New Zealand. 



Emeus gravipes Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 298 (1891) Nos. A95, on p. 299, to 



47444d, on p. 300. 

 Dinornis gravis (portion) Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. VIII, p. 361 (1872). 

 Euryapteryx gravis Haast, Ibis 1874, p. 213. 



HE present species is smaller than E. crassus and has the tarso- 



1 metatarsus relatively wider. Length, 198 mm. = 7-8 inches ; width 

 at middle of shaft, 51 mm. = 2 inches. 

 Habitat : Middle Island, New Zealand. 



Emeus species B, Parker, Trans. Zool. Soc. XIII p. 379 (1895). 



Emeus gravipes Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Birds Brit. Mus. p. 301 Nos. 32017, 32016, a-e and 

 c to 32044 e on p. 307 (1891). 



SIR J. VON HAAST united this form with Dinornis gravis, and the skull 

 which is the type of E. haasti is put on a skeleton of D. gravis in the 

 Canterbury Museum. The measurements of this species are much 

 smaller than those of the other species. 



Habitat : Middle Island, New Zealand. 



EMEUS GRAVIPES lyd. 



EMEUS HAASTI nom. nov. 



