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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	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	·70 vert. ·65 across	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	2·10
No. 2. Dinornis giganteus	4·40	broken	2·95	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	·85 vert. ·75 across	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	2·0
No. 3. Dinornis giganteus	4·25	3·65	2·80	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	·65 vert. ·65 across	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1·90
No. 4. Dinornis robustus	4·10	3·55	2·85	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	·60 vert. ·70 across	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1·77
No. 5. Dinornis (probably gracilis)	2·85	2·95	1·85	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	·57 vert. ·54 across	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1·52

List of Dinornis Bones, belonging to the following Species, according to the preceding Measurements:

No.	1	. . .	. . .	. . .	15	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
„	2	. . .	. . .	. . .	16		45	Din. casuarinus
„	3	. . .	. . .	. . .	14
„	4	. . .	. . .	. . .	17	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
„	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