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Femur. | |||
| Total length | 90-92 | mm. | |
| Width of distal extremity | 15-16 | " | |
| Width of proximal extremity | 14-16 | " | |
| Width of shaft | 6.2-7 | " | |
| Sternum. | |||
| Total length | 64-88 | mm. | |
| Width in front | 35-48 | " | |
| Width behind costal facets | 26-36 | " | |
| Width at posterior border | 27-35 | " | |
| Coracoidals. | |||
| Total length | 59-67 | mm. | |
| Width at lower extremity | 17-18 | " | |
| Humerus. | |||
| Total length | 118-180 | mm. | |
| Width of proximal extremity | 20-27 | " | |
| Width of distal extremity | 16.5-24 | " | |
| Width of shaft | 7-11 | " | |
| Metacarpals. | |||
| Total length | 62-98 | mm. | |
| Width of proximal extremity | 12-17 | " | |
| Width of distal extremity | 7-11 | " | " |
The anonymous author of the manuscript "Rélation de l'île Rodrigue" (see Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) II p. 133 et seq. 1875) about the year 1830 mentions this bird as follows:—"There are not a few Bitterns which are birds which only fly a very little, and run uncommonly well when they are chased. They are of the size of an Egret and something like them."
Habitat: Rodriguez Island.
2 Humeri, 2 Femora, 2 Tibiae, and 2 Metatarsi in the Tring Museum.
