406 
Dinornis, were added their thick integument and covering of feathers, the neck must 
have been a feature of strength very different from the slender character of that lengthy 
part in an Ostrich and the like living birds. 
FIFTEENTH VERTEBRA, Dinornis giganteus (4 nat. size). 
Fig. 22. Fig. 23. 

Aspects. 
Fig, 22, lateral; 23, neural; 24, hamal, 
This consideration adds significance to the record of one of the oldest living Colo- 
nists in New Zealand, recently published. 
