Identifier: emu18aust (find matches)
Title: The Emu
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Australasian Ornithologists' Union Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Australasia Periodicals
Publisher: Melbourne : Australasian Ornithologists' Union
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ticulated. Plate V. Fig. 3.—Basal or ventral view of the skull of Nestor notahilis. Fig. 4.—Inferior or ventral view of the lower mandible of Nestor notahilis.Fig. 5.—Anconal aspect of the right pectoral limb of Nestor notabilis ; complete, and bones normallv articulated. Compare with fig. 2 of Plate IV. Fig. 6. Pl.\te VI. -Right pectoral limb of Nestor notahilis ; median or inner aspect. F, femur ; p, patella ; th, tibiotarsus ; tm, tarso- metatarsus ; pes, skeleton of the toes.Fig. 7.—The skull of Nestor notahilis seen upon direct superior or dorsal view.Fig. 8.—Ventral aspect of the leading seven cervical vertebrae of Nestor notabilis.Fig- 9-—Ventral view of the eighth and ninth cervical vertebrae of Nestor notabilis.Fig. 10.—Ventral view of the hyoid bones of Nestor notahilis ; the glossohyal is detached.Fig. II.—Subvcntral aspect of the larynx of Nestor notabilis.Fig. 12.—The mandible of Nestor notahilis, superior or ventral aspect. The Emu, Vol. XVIII: PLATE X.
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^ifis) Shi^feldt, Skeleton of Kea Parrot (Nestor notahilis); 43 Plate VII.Fig. 13.--Left lateral view of the trunk skeleton of Nestor notahilis- Plate VIII.Fig. 14.—Ventral aspect of the trunk skeleton of Nestor notabilis. Plate IX.Fig. 15.—Direct dorsal view of the trunk skeleton of Nestor notahilis. Plate X.Fig. 16.—The pelvic limbs of Nestor notahilis ; the left limb is the onewherein the foot is the lower on the plate, and the fibulais in full view. Queensland Notes. By D. Le SouiiF, C.M.Z.S., Hon. Sec. R.A.O.U. I LEFT Melbourne on 12th April by train, and visited the ZoologicalGardens in Sydney on the following afternoon, and was glad tosee that the Birds-of-Paradise which they had obtained somemonths ago were still thriving, and were getting over their moult,the young feathers showing up well ; there seems every chance oftheir living through the winter. The beautiful Fruit-Pigeonsfrom New Guinea were also doing well. The next day I left forBrisbane, arriving there on the e

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