6. Order Aepyornithes.--_Aepyornis_, recently extinct, Madagascar.

To the Ratitae belong possibly also the imperfectly known _Diatryma_,

Eocene of New Mexico, _Gastornis_ and _Dasornis_, Eocene of Europe,

_Genyornis_, Pleistocene of Australia.

II. Division ODONTOLCAE.--Marine, flightless, without sternal keel.

Upper and lower jaws with teeth in furrows. Cretaceous epoch.

_Enaliornis_, England, vertebrae chiefly biconcave; _Hesperornis_, North

America, vertebrae heterocoelous.

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