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Table of Measurements of some Crania in the Canterbury Museum.
Breadth of cranium across the mastoids. | Length of cranium from supraoccipital crest to premaxillary fossæ. | Breadth of cranium across the temporal fossæ. | Foramen magnum. | Depression between the two tuberosities below basioccipital to parietal. | |||
ins. | ins. | ins. | ins. | ||||
No. 1. Dinornis giganteus, belonging to our articulated skeleton |
4·55 | 3·70 | 2·90 | ·70 vert. ·65 across |
2·10 | ||
No. 2. Dinornis giganteus |
4·40 | broken | 2·95 | ·85 vert. ·75 across |
2·0 | ||
No. 3. Dinornis giganteus |
4·25 | 3·65 | 2·80 | ·65 vert. ·65 across |
1·90 | ||
No. 4. Dinornis robustus |
4·10 | 3·55 | 2·85 | ·60 vert. ·70 across |
1·77 | ||
No. 5. Dinornis (probably gracilis) |
2·85 | 2·95 | 1·85 | ·57 vert. ·54 across |
1·52 |
List of Dinornis Bones, belonging to the following Species, according to the preceding Measurements:
No. | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 15 | |||
„ | 2 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 16 | 45 | Din. casuarinus | |
„ | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 14 | |||
„ | 4 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 17 | |||
„ | 5 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 12 | 37 | „ didiformis | |
„ | 6 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 8 | |||
„ | 7 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 3 | „ sp. | |
„ | 8 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | Pal. ingens | |
„ | 10 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 3 | Din. gracilis | |
„ | 11 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 6 | „ struthioides | |
„ | 12 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 9 | „ elephantopus | |
„ | 13 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 7 | „ ditto (smaller size) | |
„ | 14 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 2 | „ ditto (?) | |
„ | 15 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 4 | „ ditto (?) | |
„ | 16 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 14 | „ crassus | |
„ | 17 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 3 | „ (?) sp. | |
„ | 18 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | „ maximus (?) | |
„ | 19 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | „ ditto (smaller) | |
„ | 20 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 6 | „ giganteus | |
„ | 21 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 2 | „ robustus | |
Total | . . . | . . . | . . . | 144 | adult birds | |||
27 | young birds of different species | |||||||
Grand Total | . . . | . . . | 171 |