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HARPAGORNISHAAST.
Allied to Aquila, from which it is distinguished by the ulna being relatively shorter and the tarso-metatarsus stouter.
HARPAGORNIS MOOREIHAAST.
- Harpagornis moorei Haast, Trans. N.Z. Inst. IV, p. 192 (1872).
Description of femur (from Haast): The cylindrical shaft bent forward, and above the distal extremity it is slightly curved back. The hollow on the top of the head is very large and measures .42 inch across.
The trochanteric ridge is well developed and the outer side is very rough, showing that muscles of great strength and thickness must have been attached to it.
The inter-muscular linear ridges are well raised above the shaft, of which the one extending from the fore and outer angle of the epitrochanteric articular surface to the outer condyle is the most prominent. The pits for the attachment of the ligaments in the inter-condyloid fossa are strongly marked. The femur is pneumatic, the proximal orifice is large and ear-shaped, resembling in form most closely that of the Australian Sea Eagle.
| Total length | 6.66 | inches. |
| Circumference at proximal end | 4.66 | " |
| Circumference at distal end | 5.58 | " |
| Circumference at thinnest part of shaft | 2.50 | " |
| Ungual phalanx (probably of left hallux): | ||
| Length | 2.92 | inches. |
| Circumference at articular end | 3.17 | " |
| Ungual phalanx (probably of right second toe): | ||
| Length | 2.75 | inches. |
| Circumference | 2.92 | " |
Type locality: Glenmark Swamp.
Habitat: New Zealand.
Type bones: 1 left femur, 2 ungual phalanges, and 1 rib.
For a more detailed description my readers must refer to the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute VI, pp. 64-75 (1874).
