92 THE MYOLOGY OF THE EAVEN. 



also useful in some of the movements of the brachium 

 during flight ; and it must be evident to meet any 

 of these ends, the supraspinatus is the one possessing 

 the least power, while the teres et infraspinatus, from 

 its greater size and more favourable origin, is the more 

 powerfully endowed. 



59. TJie serratus magnus anticus l is composed of 



1 In dealing with the serrati group of muscles in birds, Gadow 

 divides his m. serratus superficialis s. thoraci-scapularis into three 

 parts, viz. : I. the pars anterior, II. the pars posterior, and III. 

 the pars metapatagialis. His work (Bronn's Classen, vi. Band, 

 pp. 221-224) presents descriptions of these several divisions, to 

 which the student is referred, and records the subjoined synonymy, 

 herewith republished : 



"666. M. SERRATUS SUPERFICIALIS S. THORACI-SCAPULARIS. 



" I. Pars anterior. 



Costo-scapulaire. Yicq d'Azyr, 1772, p. 629; Cuvier. 



Costo-scapularis inferior. Wiedemann, p. 87. 



Costo-scapularis. Tiedemann, 247. 



Kleiner Brustmuskel oder vorderer sageformiger Muskel. Meckel, 



System, p. 308, No. 7 ; Schopss, p. 96. 



Serratus magmis anticus (first portion). Owen, Apteryx, p. 288. 

 Serratus anticus (pt.}. Selenka, p. 110, No. 35. 



,, ,, ,, De Man, p. 105 ; Carlsson, p. 18. 



Grand dentele anterieur. Gervais et Alix, p. 20. 

 Serratus anticus minor. Watson, p. 78. 

 Serratus superficialis, pars anterior. Fiirbringer. 



" II. Pars posterior. 



Sous-scapulaire. Yicq d'Azyr, 1772, p. 632. 



Grand dentele. Cuvier. 



Riickwartszieher des Schulterblattes. Men-em, p. 154. 



Serratus. Wiedemann, p. 87. 



Serratus magnus. Tiedemann, 246. 



,, ,, Fiirbringer, Morph. Jahrb., v. 



Weldon, p. 641. 



Grosser, vorderer Sagemuskel. Meckel, System, p. 308, No. 6. 

 ,, ,, Schopss, p. 94. 



