SUB-FOSSIL REMAINS FROM KING ISLAND 
number between 240 and 250. We are probably correct in regard- 
ing the length of an average mature tarso-metatarsus as being 
between 230 and 240 nun. 
Above 290 
iiSO -290 
270-280 
2(50 270 
250 200 
240 250 
230 240 
220 230 
210 220 
200 210 
190 200 
1 
0 
4 
2 
2 
12 
28 
12 
11 
1 
In the following table are given the measurements of the femur, 
tibio-tarsus, and tarso-metatarsus of seven mature specimens ol 
Dromauis nova'-hollandiw , from which it will be seen that there 
is considerable variation in tin' size of the bones ol the mainland 
form, though not so great as in the- case ol the island species: — 
/tones of Droitueus novcc. hollainine.. 
* 
* 
tt 
t 
+ 
t 
t 
Femur 
230 
240 
227 
229 
243 
217 
210 
Tibio-tarsus 
415 
440 
429 
433 
470 
450 
373 
Tarso-metatarsus 
375 
395 
388 
394 
41 1 
335 
340 
In the following table we give side by side the lengths of the 
same bones in the t hree species, taking, in the case ol D. minor 
and D. novce-hollandios , bones that belong to fair, average-sized, 
mature specimens. 
— 
D. minor. 
D. novai- 
hollanduc. 
l). peroni. 
Femur 
175 
227 
180 
Tibio-tarsus 
325 
429 
842 
Tarso-metatarsus 
235 
388 
290 
4. Pelvis. 
(Plate 4.) 
There is a most striking difference in size between the pelvis 
of the mainland and that of the King Island bird, and fortunately, 
though the bones are very fragile, only one specimen retaining 
any appreciable part of the pubis and ischium, sufficient measure- 
ments can be obtained to warrant the separation of the two 
species on the evidence of this bone alone. 
1). noviu- 
/>. 
— 
1). minor. 
hollandias. 
peroni. 
Length 
Width in front 
270 
274 
04 
292 
... 
... 
249 
440 
89 
442 
105 
420 
80 
340 
75 
Width behind acetabular 
80 
113 
105 
cavity ... 
80 
78 
84 
84 
105 
92 
* Specimens in the National Museum, Melbourne. 
+ Specimens belonging to the Australian Museum, Sydney. We are indebted, to Mr. K. 
Etheridge for the opportunity of measuring these. 
1 Measurements given by Mosers. Milne Edwards and Oustalet lor comparison with those 
K atcr. This specimen, presumably in the Paris Museum, can scarcely he full grown. 
of D 
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