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hemp, grass, or plaster used as a substitute for the natural body. 

 Fig. 2. A, nut ; B, cap ; C, thread. 



PLATE X. SKELETON OF A GROUSE, OR PRAIRIE HEX (Cupi- 

 donia cupido, Baird), showing the different bones, as follows: 

 a, the skull ; b, vertebra of the neck ; c, humerus ; d, forearm ; f, pha- 

 langes ; g, furcula; h, sternum; i, marginal indentations; j, thigh; 

 k, tarsus; y, tibia ; m, rump ; n, coccygus; A, ribs; B, lower joint of 

 thigh. 



