. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . f^^v^S:^^.. ^5 •^A-Vrf-. HARPAGORNIS MOOREI. Haast.—On the Extinct Genus Hai-pagoinis. 73 formed by the iliac plates of Harpagornis being consequently considerablysteeper. The surfaces for the head of the two free sacral ribs are strongly develojDed,the iliac roof extending, however, a little beyond them. The iinder surface of the first sacral centrum in its anterior portion isslightly carinate, whilst the centres of the two succeeding ones are rounded,the edges of their articular surfaces being well raised, the poste
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . f^^v^S:^^.. ^5 •^A-Vrf-. HARPAGORNIS MOOREI. Haast.—On the Extinct Genus Hai-pagoinis. 73 formed by the iliac plates of Harpagornis being consequently considerablysteeper. The surfaces for the head of the two free sacral ribs are strongly develojDed,the iliac roof extending, however, a little beyond them. The iinder surface of the first sacral centrum in its anterior portion isslightly carinate, whilst the centres of the two succeeding ones are rounded,the edges of their articular surfaces being well raised, the posterior one of thethird centre the least; after which they flatten and expand to the beginningof the interacetabular region, contracting again to its termination, andpossessing a transversely concave, shallow, inferior surface, being broadestnear the anterior articular surface of the seventh vertebra. From the eleventh to the fourteenth they still diminish in breadth, andnow exhibit a low biit well marked inferior ridge, running out before the lastsacral vertebra is reached. The
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