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Extinct birds : $b An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical timesRothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron

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Extinct birds : $b An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times

Name: Extinct birds : $b An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times
Author: Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron

Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron

Birds; Extinct birds

_Strix melitensis_ Lydekker                  Malta.
  _Vultur melitensis_ Lydekker                 Malta.
  _Pelecanus proavus_ De Vis                   Queensland.
  _Phalacrocorax sp._ Lydekker                 New Zealand.
  _Aythya robusta_ De Vis                      Queensland.
  _Anas elapsa_ De Vis                         Queensland.
  _Anas benedeni_ Sharpe                       Belgium.
  _Alopochen pugil_ Winge                      Brazil.
  {x}
  _Dendrocygna validipennis_ (De Vis)          Queensland.
  _Branta hypsibata_ Cope                      Oregon.
  _Branta propinqua_ Schufeldt                 Oregon.
  _Anser scaldii_ Van Beneden                  Belgium.
  _Anser sp._ Lydekker                         England.
  _Anser coudoni_ Schufeldt                    Oregon.
  _Cygnus sp._ Lydekker                        Malta.
  _Cygnus falconeri_ Parker                    Malta.
  _Palaeopelargus nobilis_ De Vis              Queensland.
  _Prociconia lydekkeri_ Ameghino              Brazil.
  _Platibis subtenuis_ De Vis                  Queensland.
  _Grus proavus_ Marsh                         New Jersey.
  _Grus melitensis_ Lydekker                   Malta.
  _Grus turfa_ Portis                          Italy.
  _Grus primigenia_ Milne Edwards              France.
  _Fulica prior_ De Vis                        Queensland.
  _Fulica pisana_ Portis                       Italy.
  _Porphyrio mackintoshi_ De Vis               Queensland.
  _Gallinula strenuipes_ De Vis                Queensland.
  _Gallinula peralata_ De Vis                  Queensland.
  _Microtribonyx effluxus_ De Vis              Queensland.
  _Progura gallinacea_ De Vis                  Queensland.
  _Columba melitensis_ Lydekker                Malta.
  _Lithophaps ulnaris_ De Vis                  Queensland.
  _Gallus sp._ Lydekker                        New Zealand.
  _Gallus sp._ Lydekker                        Central Germany.
  _Phasianus sp._ Lydekker                     Germany.
  _Perdix sp._ Issel                           Italy.
  _Tetrao sp._ Issel                           Italy.
  _Metapteryx bifrons_ De Vis                  Queensland.
  _Dromaius queenslandiae_ (De Vis)            Queensland.
  _Dromaius gracilipes_ (De Vis)               Queensland.
  _Dromaius patricius_ (De Vis)                East Australia.
  _Genyornis newtoni_ Sterling & Zeitz         South Australia.
  _Casuarius lydekkeri_ nom. nov.

"The distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus is narrow, without a semilunar
pit on the lateral surface of the ectocondyle, and with a very deep
extensor groove" (Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus., p. 353). {xi}

Type, a caste of the distal portion of the right tibio-tarsus, in the
British Museum. The original is preserved in the Museum at Sydney and was
obtained from the pleistocene cavern-deposits in the Wellington Valley in
New South Wales.

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Extinct birds : $b An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times

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