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those of other limicoline birds, but are apt to be a little more 

 complicated. In Larus argentattis, of which the tendons are 

 represented in the annexed cut, the anterior stronger branch 

 of the brevis tendon gives off a forwards and downwards slip 

 to the extensors of the fore arm, from which arises the usual 

 connection with the long us tendon. There is a second con- 

 nection between the two tendons. At the origin of the 



FIG. 171. TENSORES PATAGII OF lllujncliops (AFTER BEDDAED). 



t.p.l, teusor longus ; t.p.b, tensor brevis; B, wristward slip ; F, patagial fan ; 

 A, tendons to ulnar side of arm. 



patagial fan is a bony nodule, as in the petrel. The tensor 

 longus tendon also gives off a slip (A, fig. 172) to the inside 

 of fore arm which is also present in the auks (g.r.) In 

 Rliyncliops (fig. 171, A) there are two such tendons. 



Lestris antarctica, Sterna, and Larus marinus (according 

 to FUEBEINGEE'S figure, PI. xix.) are much the same, but are 

 without the additional slips A and B. Of these A is present 

 in Eissa tridactijla. 



The expansor sccundariorum is frequently absent, but it 



