. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). CASTJARIID-E. 351 f. Gizzard-Stones. 42128. A series of nine gizzard-stones of different sizes ; from {I^'iy.) Glenmark Swamp, near Cantei-bury, South Island. Figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. vii. pi. xlvi. fig. 8, and also in his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' pi. xcii. Presented by Sir li. Owen, 42075. A series of less symmetrical worn pebbles found with the bones of BinornithidcB in the South Island, and presumed to be gizzard-stones. Presented by Sir li. Owen, Family CASUARIID/E. Skull w
. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). CASTJARIID-E. 351 f. Gizzard-Stones. 42128. A series of nine gizzard-stones of different sizes ; from {I^'iy.) Glenmark Swamp, near Cantei-bury, South Island. Figured by Owen in the ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. vii. pi. xlvi. fig. 8, and also in his ' Extinct Birds of New Zealand,' pi. xcii. Presented by Sir li. Owen, 42075. A series of less symmetrical worn pebbles found with the bones of BinornithidcB in the South Island, and presumed to be gizzard-stones. Presented by Sir li. Owen, Family CASUARIID/E. Skull with a short beak ; the humerus short; no hallux, and no extensor bridge to the tibio-tarsus. The tarso-metatarsus is more or less elongated, its anterior face grooved, and no perforation in the groove between the third and fourth trochlea. In the tibio-tarsus the cnemial crest rises consider- ably above the level of the articular surface; the extensor groove may be either slight or distinct, and is placed near the inner border of the bone ; there is no intercondylar tubercle ; the anterior inter- Fig. DromcBiis nova-hollandis. Left side of the pelvis. J.—Letters as in Cg. 52, p. 215. {After Marsh.) condylar gorge is very slightly developed ; the condyles are short, slightly prominent, with their superior anterior border forming a concave line; and there is a deep pit on tlie lateral surface 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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