_Dromaeus minor_ Baldwin Spencer, Vict. Nat. XXIII, p. 140 (1906).
As Mr. Bernard H. Woodward, of Perth, West Australia, was organising an
expedition to Kangaroo, Flinders, and King Islands (December, 1906), to
hunt for Emu remains on these islands, I had hoped to be the first to
describe what I felt sure would be two new species of _Dromaius_. I have,
however, been forestalled by Professor Baldwin Spencer in the case of King
Island, whence a collection of 17 femurs, 19 tibio-tarsi, 28
tarso-metatarsi, and portions of 8 pelves, made by Messrs. Alex. Morton and
R. M. Johnston, T.S.O., formed the material for the description of a new
species.
The diagnosis is as follows: "Smaller than _D. ater_ (= _D. peronii_ mihi).
Tibia not or only slightly exceeding 330 mm. in greatest length.
Tarso-metatarsus not exceeding 280 mm. in greatest length. Pelvis, length
not or only slightly exceeding 280 mm."
_D. minor_ was a smaller but stouter bird than _D. peronii_. Comparative
dimensions:--
_D. peronii_. _D. minor_.
Tibio-tarsus 342 mm. 320-332 mm.
Tarso-metatarsus 290 " 277-287 "
Femur 180 " 170-180 "
Pelvis 340 " 274-280 "
Pelvis, front width 75 " 64 "
Pelvis, width behind acetabular cavity 92 " 78-86 "
Habitat: King Island, Bass Strait. Now extinct.
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INDEX.
PAGE
Aechmorhynchus, 119
Aepyornis, 223
Aepyornithidae, 221
Aestrelata, 157
agilis (Mullerornis), 232
alba (Notornis), 144
alba (Porphyrio), 143
albicilla (Clitonyx), XI
albifacies (Sceloglaux), XI
albifrons (Miro), XI
Alca, 153
Alectroenas, 163
Alopochen, X
alphonsi (Astur), 83
altus (Dinornis), 192
Amazona, 57
americana (Meleagris), XII
americanus (Siphonorhis), 43
Anas, 103
angustipluma (Chaetoptila), 29
anna (Ciridops), 41
Anomalopteryx, 201
antiquus (Anomalopteryx), 202
antipodum (Palaeocorax), 1
Aphanapteryx, 131
apicalis (Moho), 27
Apterornis, 145
Aptornis, 147
Ara, 51
Ardea, 111
Astur, 83
ater (Dromaeus), 235
Athene, 75
aucklandica (Nesonetta), XI
augusta (Amazona), XII
australis (Mergus), XI
australis (Miro), XI
benedeni (Anas), IX
betsilei (Mullerornis), 231
bifrons (Metapteryx), X
Biziura, 109
bonasia (Aphanapteryx), 131
boothi (Emeus), 210
borbonica (Emberiza), 7
borbonica (Pezophaps), 175
borbonica (Phedina), XI
borbonicus (Fregilupus), 3
borbonicus (Necropsittacus), 62
borbonicus (Palaeornis), 67
borbonicus (Trochocercus), XI
bouqueti (Amazona), XII
Bowdleria, 21
brachyurus (Rhamphocinclus), XI
Branta, X
brewsteri (Tympanuchus), 181
broeckii (Aphanapteryx), 131
bruante (Foudia), 7
Bubo, 71
Cabalus, 127
caeruleus (Anadorhynchus), 54
calcitrans (Cnemiornis), 97
californianus (Pseudogryphus), XII
Camptolaimus, 105
canadensis (Columba), 167
cancellata (Aechmorhynchus), 119
capensis (Upupa), 3
Carbo, 87
carribbaea (Aestrelata), 157
carolinensis (Conurus), XII
Casuarius, X
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casuarinus (Cela), 207
Cela, 205
Centrornis, 95
Cereopsis, 99
Chaetoptila, 29
chathamensis (Palaeolimnas), 149
chathamica (Gallinago), 121
Chaunoproctus, 9
Chenalopex, 93
Chenopis, 91
Cinclocerthia, XI
cincta (Pogonornis), XI
Circus, 81
Ciridops, 41
Clitonyx, XI
Cnemiornis, 97
coerulescens (Apterornis), 145
commersoni (Scops), 73
compacta (Pachyornis), 217
Conurus, 59
cooki (Cyanorhamphus), XI
Coturnix, 183
coudoni (Anser), X
crassus (Emeus), 209
cucullatus (Didus), 172
cupido (Tympanuchus), 181
cursor (Aepyornis), 227
curtus (Cela), 205
Cyanorhamphus, 69
defossor (Aptornis), 148
dentirostris (Geospiza), 12
deppei (Psittirostra), 37
diabolica (Aestrelata), 159
Diaphorapteryx, 133
Dididae, 171
didiformis (Anomalopteryx), 202
didiformis (Dinornis), 199
didinus (Dinornis), 199
Didus, 171
dieffenbachii (Nesolimnas), 125
dimidiata (Monarcha), XI
Dinornis, 191
Dinornithidae, 185
Drepanis, 31
Dromaius, X, 235
dromioides (Dinornis), 194
duboisi (Ardea), 114
duboisi (Mascarinus), 64
duboisi (Nesoenas), 166
ecaudata (Pennula), 137
echo (Palaeornis), 68
Ectopistes, 167
effluxus (Microtribonyx), X
elapsa (Anas), IX
elegans (Palaeocasuarius), 220
elephantopus (Pachyornis), 214
ellisi (Prosobonia), 118
ellisianus (Hemignathus), 33
Emeus, 209
eques (Palaeornis), 67
erythrocephala (Ara), 53
Erythromachus, 135
erythronotus (Cyanorhamphus), 69
erythrotis (Cyanorhamphus), XI
erythrura (Ara), 54
excelsus (Dinornis), 192
exilis (Emeus), 211
exsul (Palaeornis), 65
falconeri (Cygnus), X
ferreorostris (Chaunoproctus), 9
finschi (Anas), 103
firmus (Dinornis), 193
Flacourtia, 233
flaviceps (Telespiza), XI
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Foudia, XI
forsteri (Cyanorhamphus), 69
fortis (Anomalopteryx), 203
franciae (Columba), 163
francicus (Necropsittacus), 62
Fregilupus, 3
fuscatus (Psittacus), 70
fusco-fulvus (Nesacanthis), 7
gallinacea (Progura), X
Gallinago, 121
gigantea (Leguatia), 151
giganteus (Dinornis), 193
genibarbis (Myadestes), XI
Geospiza, 11, 12
geranoides (Cela), 206
gossei (Ara), 52
gracilipes (Dromaius), X
gracilis (Cnemiornis), 98
gracilis (Dinornis), 194
grandidieri (Aepyornis), 226
gravipes (Emeus), 210
Grus, X
guadaloupensis (Ara), 54
guildingi (Amazona), XII
gutturalis (Cinclocerthia), XI
haasti (Emeus), 210
haasti (Palaeocasuarius), 220
habroptilus (Stringops), XII
haesitata (Aestrelata), 159
hamiltoni (Circus), 81
hamiltoni (Megalapteryx), 197
Harpagornis, 85
harrisi (Phalacrocorax), XII
hasitata (Aestrelata), 159
hawkinsi (Diaphorapteryx), 133
hectori (Megalapteryx), 197
Hemignathus, 33
Hemiphaga, 161
herberti (Didus), 131
Heterorhynchus, 35
hildebrandti (Aepyornis), 228
hochstetteri (Notornis), 142
huttonii (Megalapteryx), 199
Hypotaenidia, 123
hypsibata (Branta), IX
immanis (Pachyornis), 215
impennis (Alca), 153
imperialis (Aphanapteryx), 131
ineptus (Didus), 172
ingens (Dinornis), 193
inhabilis (Pachyornis), 216
insignis (Ocydromus), 129
insularis (Xenicus), 23
Ixocincla, XI
jamaicensis (Aestrelata), 157
labati (Conurus), 59
labradoria (Camptolaimus), 105
lanaiensis (Hemignathus), XII
lautouri (Biziura), 109
leguati (Bubo), 71
leguati (Erythromachus), 135
leguati (Necropsar), 6
Leguatia, 151
lentus (Aepyornis), 228
leucopogon (Strigiceps), 30
leucoptera (Prosobonia), 118
Lithophaps, X
Lophopsittacus, 49
Loxops, 39
lucidus (Heterorhynchus), 35
lyalli (Traversia), 23
lydekkeri (Casuarius), X
lydekkeri (Prociconia), X
mackintoshi (Porphyrio), X
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macroura (Ectopistes), 167
madagascariensis (Mascarinus), 64
madagascariensis (Upupa), 3, 4
magnirostris (Geospiza), 11
major (Carbo), 88
majori (Centrornis), 95
mantelli (Notornis), 141
martinicana (Amazona), 57
martinicus (Ara), 53
Mascarinus, 63
mascarinus (Mascarinus), 64
mauritiana (Ardea), 115
mauritianus (Lophopsittacus), 49
mauritianus (Sarcidiornis), 101
maximus (Aepyornis), 225
maximus (Dinornis), 192
mayeri (Nesoenas), 165
medius (Aepyornis), 227
megacephala (Ardea), 111
Megalapteryx, 195
melanocephala (Anthornis), XII
melitensis (Columba), X
melitensis (Grus), X
melitensis (Strix), IX
melitensis (Vultur), IX
Metapteryx, X
meyeri (Columba), 165
Microtribonyx, X
migratoria (Ectopistes), 167
millsi (Pennula), 137
minor (Cnemiornis), 98
minor (Dromaius), 237
minor (Ocydromus), 129
minor (Pezophaps), 177
Miro, XI, 15
modestus (Aepyornis), 229
modestus (Cabalus), 127
Moho, 27
Monarcha, XI
moorei (Harpagornis), 85
moriorum (Palaeocorax), 1
mulleri (Aepyornis), 229
mülleri (Hypotaenidia), XI
Mullerornis, 231
murina (Pyrrhula), XII
murivora (Athene), 75
murivora (Strix), 75
nanus (Plotus), 89
nazarenus (Didus), 177
Necropsar, 5
Necropsittacus, 61
Nesoenas, 165
Nesolimnas, 125
Nestor, 45
newelli (Puffinus), XI
newtoni (Foudia), XI
newtoni (Genyornis), X
newtoni (Palaeolimnas), 149, 150
newtoni (Strix), 79
nigra (Pomarea), 13
nitidissima (Alectroenas), 163
nobilis (Palaeopelargus), X
norfolcensis (Nestor), 47
Notornis, 141
novaezealandiae (Cereopsis), 99
novaezealandiae (Coturnix), 183
novaezealandiae (Dinornis), 194
novaezealandiae (Psittacus), 69
novaezealandiae (Thinornis), XII
oahensis (Phaeornis), 19
Ocydromus, 129
Oestrelata, 157
olivacea (Ixocincla), XI
olivacea (Psittirostra), 37
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otidiformis (Aptornis), 147
oweni (Cela), 206
Oxynotus, XI
Pachyornis, 213
pacifica (Drepanis), 31
pacifica (Hypotaenidia), 123
pacificus (Cyanorhamphus), 69
pacificus (Pareudiastes), XII
Palaeocasuarius, 219
Palaeocorax, 1
Palaeolimnas, 149
Pelaeopelargus, X
Palaeornis, 65
papa (Fringilla), 9
parkeri (Emeus), 211
parvus (Anomalopteryx), 202
patricius (Dromaius), X
Pelecanus, X
Pennula, 137
peralata (Gallinula), X
peroni (Dromaius), 235
perspicillatus (Carbo), 87
perspicillatus (Phalacrocorax), 87
Pezophaps, 177
Phaeornis, 19
pisana (Fulica), X
Platibis, X
plenus (Palapteryx), 194
Plotus, 89
Pogonornis, XI
Pomarea, 13
ponderosus (Pachyornis), 216
potens (Dinornis), 193
primigenia (Grus), X
principalis (Campephilus), XII
prior (Fulica), X
prisca (Palaeolimnas), 150
proavus (Grus), X
proavus (Pelecanus), IX
productus (Nestor), 45
propinqua (Branta), IX
Prosobonia, 117
Psittirostra, 37
pugil (Alopochen), IX
purpurascens (Anodorhynchus), 55
pusilla (Gallinago), XII
pygmaeus (Pachyornis), 217
pygmaeus (Ocydromus), 127
pyrrhetraea (Tringa), 118
queenslandiae (Dromaius), X
Rhamphocinclus, XI
rheides (Cela), 207
roberti (Tribonyx), 139
robusta (Aythya), IX
robustus (Dinornis), 193
rodericana (Alectroenas?), 164
rodericana (Drymoeca), XI
rodericanus (Necropsar), 5
rodricanus (Necropsittacus), 61
rothschildi (Pachyornis), 215
rudis (Flacourtia), 233
rufa (Loxops), 39
rufescens (Bowdleria), 21
rufifacies (Sceloglaux), 77
sandviciensis (Nesochen), XII
sandwichensis (Pennula), 138
Sarcidiornis, 101
sauzieri (Strix), 80
scaldii (Anser), IX
Sceloglaux, 77
Scops, 73
sibilans (Myadestes), XI
Siphonorhis, 43
sirabensis (Chenalopex), 93
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solitarius (Didus), 175
solitarius (Pezophaps), 177
spadicea (Hemiphaga), 161
subflavescens (Cyanorhamphus), 70
subtenuis (Platibis), X
sumnerensis (Chenopsis), 91
stanleyi (Notornis), 143
strenuipes (Gallinula), X
strenuus (Dinornis), 194
Strigiceps, 30
Strix, 79
struthioides (Dinornis), 194
sylvestris (Ocydromus), XI
tannaensis (Platycercus), 70
tanagra (Turnagra), XI
teauteensis (Circus), 81
tenuipes (Megalapteryx), 198
terrestris (Cichlopasser), 17
terrestris (Geocichla), 17
terrestris (Turdus), 17
theodori (Anas), 103
titan (Aepyornis), 223
torosus (Dinornis), 194
traversi (Miro), 15
Traversia, 23
Tribonyx, 139
tricolor (Ara), 51
trifasciatus (Nesomimus), XII
Turnagra, XI
Turdus, 17
turfa (Grus), X
Tympanuchus, 181
typicus (Oxynotus), XI
valgus (Pachyornis), 216
validipennis (Dendrocygna), IX
validus (Dinornis), 193
varia (Fregilupus), 3
varia (Upupa), 3
velox (Palaeocasuarius), 220
versicolor (Amazona), XII
violaceus (Amazona), 57
ulietanus (Cyanorhamphus), 70
ulnaris (Lithophaps), X
unicolor (Cyanorhamphus), XI
wardi (Palaeornis), 66
wilsoni (Pennula), 138
wolstenholmei (Loxops), 39
zealandicus (Cyanorhamphus), 69
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