ore go 
2. 
3 
4, 
Oo 
Op Ot he 
. Back part of ramus of lower jaw of a 
. Upper view of ditto. 
- Back view of expanded end of ditto. 
. Side view of ditto. 
. Back view of expanded end of ditto. 
. Under surface of calvarium, showing 
. Side view of the skull, with lost parts 
- Back view of ditto. 
. Back view of the extremity of the upper 
. Side view of the cranium of a Pala- 
. Side view of the skull of Porphyrio 
. Upper view of ditto. 
. Under view of ditto. 
. Back view of ditto. 
. Under view of lower jaw. 
. Upper view of lower jaw. 
7. 
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PLATE XLIV. 
Fig. 11. Side view of the upper mandible of 
a species of Nestor. 
12. Upper view of ditto. 
n, the nostril. 
22, the groove behind the upper end 
of the premaxillary part of the 
mandible. 
13. Under view of ditto. 
14, 15 & 16. Corresponding views of the 
upper mandible of a living species of 
Nestor (N. hypopolius). 
large Dinornis or Palapteryz. 
Upper view of lower jaw of an Ostrich 
(Struthio Camelus). 
the cerebral and olfactory cavities of 
Palapteryx geranoides, 
9& 10. Views of the os tympanicum of 
the Dinornis casuarinus (p. 126). 
PLATE XLV. Pauapreryx. 
Fig. 6. Under view of the portion of lower jaw. 
7. Upper view of ditto. 
8. Outline of head of Aptornis as con- 
jJecturally restored in 1843 (see pl. 
30). 
9. Outline of cranium of Dinornis reduced 
to the same proportions. 
restored in outline, of the Palapteryx 
geranoides. 
Upper view of ditto. 
Under view of ditto. 
beak. 
PALAPTERYX. 
PLATE XLVI. 
Fig. 5. Under view of the cranium of a different 
and larger species of Palapteryzx. 
6. Upper view of a mutilated cranium of 
apparently the same species, indicating 
the form and proportions of the cere- 
brum and cerebellum. 
pleryx. 
Back view of ditto. 
Under view of ditto. 
Side view of the cranium of a different 
and larger species of Palapteryz. 
PLATE XLVII. Norornis Manre ui. 
restored in outline, of Notornis Man- 
telli. 
Fig. 8. Upper view of ditto. 
9. Under view of ditto. 
10. Back view of ditto. 
11. Interior of cranium of ditto. 
12. Under view of lower jaw. 
13. Upper view of ditto. 
Sultana 
Side view of skull, with lost parts 
The homologous bones and parts are indicated by the same numbers or letters in 
eaeh figure, and are explained and referred to in the text. 

