SUB-FOSSIL REMAINS FROM KING ISLAND. 
not somewhat small ones of introduced mainland birds, the two 
skins preserved in the British Museum belong to the same species 
of bird that laid the eggs referred to by Mr. Le Souef, No 
adequate description of these skins has yet been published, but in 
view of the facts that (1) we know of eggs found in Tasmania 
that are distinct from those of the mainland form, and (2) that 
there are two authentically recorded skins of Emus from Tasmania 
that differ from those of the mainland bird, and differ also both in 
size and colour from those of the Bass Strait Islands, it appears 
to be certain that Tasmania was inhabited by an Emu distinct both 
from that of the Australian Continent and that of the Islands, and 
for this species when it is adequately described the name of D. 
diemensis may appropriately be retained. 
In the following tables we give details of the measurements of 
the Femurs, Tibio-tarsal, and Tarso-metatarsal bones, the general 
results of which have been summarized in some of the foregoing- 
tables : — 
DROMiEUS MINOR. 
Femur. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
r 
l 
r 
r 
l 
r 
r 
r 
l 
i 
/ 
/ 
186 
180 
179 
179 
179 
179 
178 
178 
177 
176 
174 
172-5 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
r 
r 
l 
l 
r 
r 
r* 
l 
r 
l 
/ 
r 
172 
171 
171 
169-5 
. 169 
169 
169 
169 
168 
168 
168 
167-5 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
63 
34 
35 
36 
r 
r 
/ 
r 
r 
l 
r 
r 
l 
l 
l* 
r 
1 67 
166 
162 
161-5 
161 
161 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
159 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
r 
r 
r * 
/ 
l 
l 
l 
r 
l 
r 
V 
159 
158 
158 
158 
158 
157 
157 
157 
156 
156 
155 
155 
49 
60 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
60 
r* 
l 
l 
V 
i 
r 
r 
V 
i 
l 
155 
155 
155 
154 
153 
152 
148 
145-5 
145 
145 
145 
142 
juv. ? 
im. 
61 
62 
63 
64 
l 
r 
r 
l 
139 
137 
132 
130 
juv. 
im. 
imm. 
juv. 
' 
| 
* Slightly broken. 
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