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NATURAL SCIENCE. 



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Fig. 2. — The specimen of Archaopteryx in the British Museum. About J natural 

 size. Explanation of letters: — /, portion of second (?) wing-digit, with claw; cv, 

 metacarpals IV and V (?) ; n, u' ', ulna ; r, r', radius ; h, h', humerus; sc, right 

 scapula; fu, furcula; c, ribs (partly ventral) ; I, feathers; i, right innominate bone; 

 a, acetabulum of the same; /, /', femur; t, V, tibia; nit, metatarsus; /, phalanges 

 of left foot ; b, supposed cast of brain. The accented letters refer to bones of the 

 right limbs. 



The block kindly lent by Dr. H. Woodward, F.R.S. 



