387 
Metatarsus. Tibia. 
inches. inches. 
PETE at whey och ee 185 
Circumference at middle. . . . . . 60 9°25 
Greadth, proxitnal. 4.4. 4 ook oe psd o°6 
4 wade + & yy pose yp 2 eee — 
RG as te a hee ee, sg te 3-0 
Thickness, middle . . » . , ... 12 —"! 
Additional discoveries reaching the able hands of such observers as Dr. Haast and 
Capt. Hutton will lead, most probably, to the desirable knowledge of the extent of 
variation in the species by them recognized and confirmed; and there seems to be a 
probability of the determination of the sexual characters of such established species, as 
exemplified by size and strength of the limb-bones. 
The height of the skeleton in the ordinary easy standing position of the bird is 4 feet 
2 inches ; the length of the trunk (dorsal and sacral series of vertebree) is 2 feet 3 inches ; 
the length of the hind limb, following the angles of the segments, is 3 feet 7 inches; 
the total length from point of beak to end of tail, following the curves, is five feet 
6 inches. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATE. 
PLATE CX. 
Fig. 1. Side view of the skeleton of Dinornis gravis. 
Fig. 2. Front view of the same skeleton. (From photographs of the articulated skeleton 
in the Museum of Natural History, Christ Church, province of Canterbury, 
South Island of New Zealand.) The scale introduced in the Plate exemplifies 
the admeasurements above given. 
‘ Trans. New Zealand Institute, vol. vii. 1875, p. 275. 
