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allied to M. tenuipes. Mr. Andrews, however, throws some doubt as to whether the pelvis and femora, referred to this species by Hutton, really belong to it.
A complete egg which I consider must be of this species is preserved in the Tring Museum. Its measurements are as follows:—
| Large | circumference, | 21.4 | inches | = 535 mm. |
| Small | " | 17.5 | " | = 437.5 mm. |
This egg was dredged up on the Molyneux River, near Otago, during gold dredging operations in 1901; a second perfect egg was dredged up a few months before in the same river, and was referred by Dr. Benham to Pachyornis ponderosus.
