. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). ;. 223 pelvis is narrow, with a high ilium, in which the inferior border of the postacetabular portion is flat and does not descend as a sharp ridgo bolow the level of the anterior postacetabular vertebrae ; the pubis has a small pectineal process ; and the ventral aspect of the true and postacetabular sacral vertebra) is very broad and much flattened. Fig. Dinornis maximus (A) and Pncki/ornis elephantopus (B). Ventral aspect of right femur. 3. a, head ; h, great trochanter ; c, fibular condyle. The dis
. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). ;. 223 pelvis is narrow, with a high ilium, in which the inferior border of the postacetabular portion is flat and does not descend as a sharp ridgo bolow the level of the anterior postacetabular vertebrae ; the pubis has a small pectineal process ; and the ventral aspect of the true and postacetabular sacral vertebra) is very broad and much flattened. Fig. Dinornis maximus (A) and Pncki/ornis elephantopus (B). Ventral aspect of right femur. 3. a, head ; h, great trochanter ; c, fibular condyle. The distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus (fig. 54) is not inflected ; there is no hallux *; the tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus (fig. 58) are long and slender, the length of the latter exceeding, or at least equalling, that of the femur, and also exceeding half that of the tibio-tarsus. The femur (fig, 57, A) is comiiaratively long and slender, with a short neck, the head rising but slightly and pro- jecting only a small distance, the linea aspera in the form of a long irregular line, the outer side of the distal extremity moderately expanded, the popliteal depression small, deep, and sharply defined, the profile of the inner condyle semi-ovoid and narrow, and the anterior trochlear surface nearly flat. The phalangeals of the pes are long and comparatively slender, the proximal surface of the terminal segments not being trefoil-shaped. In the vertebral column the middle cervicals are long and narrow, ^ Ilutton, Trans. N. Zealand Inst, vol. ix. p. 364, states that one individual of D. nova-zcalandim had a 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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