CAPRIMULG1 



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In Clwrdeiles ' the skull is much upon the same plan, 

 but the maxillo-palatines meet in the middle line, and may 

 even become ankylosed. 



The skull is thus desmognathous, in fact. In C. virgi- 

 nianns, however, the bones do not meet. 



The skull of Nyctibius .jamaicensis (see fig. 119), de- 

 scribed by HUXLEY, is not widely different from that of Capri- 

 mulgus. The ligaments which unite the inner angle of the 



FIG. 119. FORE PART OF SKULL OF 

 Nyctibius jamaicensis (AFTER 

 HUXLEY). 



*, preirontal process. Other letters as in fig. 1 18. 



FIG. 120. SKULL OF Steatoniis 

 (AFTER HUXLEY). 



palatine to the maxillo-palatines are, however, completely 

 ossified. 



In Podargus ' 2 the skull is completely doubly desmo- 

 gnathous. The basipterygoid processes are quite rudimentary. 

 There are two small azygous vomers. The palatines have 

 coalesced in the middle line. The lacrymal is small, if not 

 absent. 



The skull of Steatofnis has been described, with figures, 



1 SHUFELDT, ' On the Osteology of the Trochilidae,' Ac., P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 891. 



- PARKER, loc. cit. p. 124 (with figs, on PL xxiii.) 



