526 Dr. WALTER ADAM on 
whose examination the writer of this paper is indebted to the 
liberality of Professor Jameson. 
The bones are described in accordance with the nomencla- 
ture of Dr. Barclay. 
The terms ‘lateral,’ ‘mesial,’ ‘rostral,’ ‘caudal,’ are applied to 
all the bones, as expressing the aspects of the sides, the mesial 
plane, the muzzle, and the tip of the tail. 
The terms ‘ basilar’ in the head, 
: ‘sternal’ in the neck and trunk, 
signify the aspects of the base of the head and of the breast- 
bone ;—in common language, 
* downwards' in the head and trunk, 
‘forwards’ in the neck. 
The terms * coronal’ in the head, 
* dorsal in the neck and trunk, 
signify the aspects of the forehead, and of the back-bone ;—in 
common language, 
* upwards' in the head and trunk, 
* backwards' in the neck. 
In the limbs, besides their more correct denominations of 
‘atlantal’ and ‘sacral’, for ‘fore’ and ‘hind’, two further terms 
are necessary : 
These are, * proximal" towards the trunk, 
‘digital’ towards the extremity of the limb. 
The adverbial termination is ad. 
Of the Head. 
The height, the breadth, and the basilar length of the cra- 
nium are very nearly in the proportion 
Lu Ec 
The union of the lower jaws; the height from the angle of 
the lower jaw to the summit of the occiput; and the length 
from 
