PELVIC LIMBS 



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properly approached. Some of these facts concerning the growth of 

 the long bones of the cat, and such as can be fixed without the aid of 

 the microscope, I have given in the following table : 



VARIATIONS IN THE SIZE OF THE APPENDICULA.R SKELETON. 



For purposes of comparison I have given in the following table 

 the relative lengths, in millimetres, of the principal bones of the 

 appendicular skeleton, in ten specimens : 



