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In spite of the researches of Messrs. Grandidier, Last, and Forsyth 

 Major and the large collections sent home by them, the number of Aepyornis 

 bones is infinitesimal compared with the vast masses of bones of the 

 Dinornithidae contained in the museums. This paucity of material quite 

 prohibits us from making a critical study of the described species, so that 

 we are at present unable to say if too many or too few species have been 

 diagnosed. I am inclined, however, to think that if we ever get complete 

 skeletons of the larger forms, Ae. grandidieri and Ae. cursor will prove to 

 be sexes of one species, and also Ae. titan and Ae. maximus. For the 

 present, however, the measurements are too different to allow of their being 

 united without further investigation. 



The three genera are as follows : — 



AEPYORNIS t.geoff. 



Aepyornis Geoffroy Saint Hilaire. 

 Epiornis Geoffroy Saint Hilaire. 

 Epyornis Auct. 



MULLERORNIS MILNE-EDWARDS & GRANDIDIER. 

 Mullerornis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier. 



FLACOURTIA Andrews. 



Flacourtia Andrews. 



Mullerornis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier (part). 



