. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). PachijOrnis elephanta^ms (A) aud P. immani. metatarsus. J-. The right tarso- a,. The Sl-eleton. * *. The imperfect skeleton, made up from the bones of more than (Fig.) one individual : from Euamoa, three miles southward of Oamaru Point, South Island. The tj-pe. Described and figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iv pp. 149-156, pis. xliii., xliv., xlvii., and xlviii. fig. 1, the skull being figured in vol. vii. pi. x. figs. 1, G, 7; the description and figures are reproduced in the ' ExtinctBirds of New Zealand,
. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). PachijOrnis elephanta^ms (A) aud P. immani. metatarsus. J-. The right tarso- a,. The Sl-eleton. * *. The imperfect skeleton, made up from the bones of more than (Fig.) one individual : from Euamoa, three miles southward of Oamaru Point, South Island. The tj-pe. Described and figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iv pp. 149-156, pis. xliii., xliv., xlvii., and xlviii. fig. 1, the skull being figured in vol. vii. pi. x. figs. 1, G, 7; the description and figures are reproduced in the ' ExtinctBirds of New Zealand,' pp. 224-227, pis. Ivi., Ivii., lix. figs. 1, 6, 7 (skull), pi. Ix., and pi. Ixi. figs. 1, 6, 7. A reduced figure of the skeleton is also given in Owen's ' PahTon- tolog}',' 2nd ed. p. 330, fig. Ill, which is reproduced in fig. 67. In the figures of the entire skeleton (' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. iv. pis. Ix., Ixi. fig. 1) the sternum has been restored after the model of that of Dinornis; an error which is pointed out by the describer on page 433 of his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand.' The sternum is wanting ; but on the left side, at least, was attached to the ribs by two ossified iutercostaLs. The postacetabular portion of the pelvis is very incomplete; but the characteristic contour of the sacral vei'tebris is well shown. All the bones of the limbs are entire. The skull, which wants part of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology. [Birds]; Lydekker, Richard, 1848-1915. London
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