. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . as entombed at a very early period, when the seas in thisarea were inhabited by several forms of the invertebrata that are now extinct. Description of Plates XVII. and XYII. fig. 1.—Front view of Right Femur of Palceeudyptes antarcticus,the Fossil Penguin from the Seal Rock. Fig. 2.—Front view of Right Femur of Eudyptes pachyrhyncus, the exist-ing Crested Penguin of New Zealand, 22 inches high. Fig. 3.—Metacarpus of Fossil Penguin from Oamaru limestone, Otago. Fig. 4.—Metacarpus of Recent Penguin. Fig. 5.—Tarso-metatarse

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. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . as entombed at a very early period, when the seas in thisarea were inhabited by several forms of the invertebrata that are now extinct. Description of Plates XVII. and XYII. fig. 1.—Front view of Right Femur of Palceeudyptes antarcticus,the Fossil Penguin from the Seal Rock. Fig. 2.—Front view of Right Femur of Eudyptes pachyrhyncus, the exist-ing Crested Penguin of New Zealand, 22 inches high. Fig. 3.—Metacarpus of Fossil Penguin from Oamaru limestone, Otago. Fig. 4.—Metacarpus of Recent Penguin. Fig. 5.—Tarso-metatarse of Fossil Penguin from Kakanui limestone, Otago,from Professors Huxleys drawing. Fig. 6.—Tarso-metatarse of Recent Penguin. Plate XVIII., Fig. 1.—External, fig. 2~ internal, and fig. 3—posterior aspectof Right Humerus of Fossil Penguin from the Seal Rock. Fig. 4.—External aspect of Right Humerus of Recent Penguin. Fig. 5.— Head of Ulna of Fossil Penguin, articular surfaces marked a werein contact. I TRANS. INSTITUTE, ,

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