. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). 332 A. 193. Tho left quadnitc: from the South Island. Fijrured (reversed) (^/•Vy.) in woodcut 08, li. This specimeu, which fits exactly into tho squamosal of tho skull No. 32200, shows the small pneumatic foramen and short anterior process; these characters at once distinguishing it from the quadrate of Dlnoniis maximus (fig. 68, A). Walter Mantell CoUectioii. FiK. Binornis maximus (A) aud Fachyornis clejihantopus (B).—Inner aspect of the right quadrate. 3. A. 193 b. The right quadrate, with the anterior pro
. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). 332 A. 193. Tho left quadnitc: from the South Island. Fijrured (reversed) (^/•Vy.) in woodcut 08, li. This specimeu, which fits exactly into tho squamosal of tho skull No. 32200, shows the small pneumatic foramen and short anterior process; these characters at once distinguishing it from the quadrate of Dlnoniis maximus (fig. 68, A). Walter Mantell CoUectioii. FiK. Binornis maximus (A) aud Fachyornis clejihantopus (B).—Inner aspect of the right quadrate. 3. A. 193 b. The right quadrate, with the anterior process broken otf; from the South Island. Walter Mantell Collection. A. 199. A mandible, with the symphysis and right articular region {t'iij.) imperfect; from the South Island, Figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. vii. pi. x. figs. 1, 8, 9, and also in his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' pi. Ixxvi. figs. 1, 8, 9, with some restoration. Walter Mantell Collection. 32328. The imperfect left ramus of a similar mandible ; from tho South Island. Walter Mantell Collection. j. Vertebrce. Of tJie following specimens, at least a large 2y>'oportion are referable to the present or one or other of the allied species, although some of the smaller ones may belong to Emeus crassus. The;/ were obtained from liuamoa, and form part of the Walter Mantell Collection. A. 218. The atlas vertebra. This specimen is as large as the atlas referred to JJinornis nuuvimus (p. 238), but differs con- siderably in form, the inferior bar being shorter, and the lateral foramen considerably 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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