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FLACOURTIA ANDREWS. 



DIFFERS from Mullerornis in having a completely ossified bony bridge 

 over the lower end of the groove for the adductor of the outer digit, 

 in the tarso-metatarsus. 

 Number of species : 1. 



FLACOURTIA RUDIS (MILNE-EDW. & GRAND.) 



Mullerornis rudis Milne- Edwards & Grandidier, Compt. Rend. CXVIII, p. 126 (1894). 

 Flacourtia rudis Andrews, Nov. Zool. II, p. 25 (1895). 



ORIGINAL description as follows : — "The third species M. rudis (= F. rudis) 

 was discovered by M. Greve in the fossiliferous beds of the West Coast. 

 The tibio-tarsus is of about the same length as in M. betsilei, but is more 

 massive. The tarso-metatarsus is remarkable on account of the great enlarge- 

 ment of the distal extremity, and of which the digital articular attachments are 

 extremely large. Between the middle and outer ones there is a bony opening 

 for the passage of the adductor muscle of the outer digit, which passage is 

 not present in Aepyornis (or Mullerornis, w.r.)." (Translation.) 



Length of tibio-tarsus 400 mm. 



Circumference of tibio-tarsus 100 



Width of tibio-tarsus 35 



Width of distal end 75 



Habitat : West Madagascar. 



