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THE WING OF ARCH^OPTERYX. 



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Fig. II 



Mc.I 



PLATE II. 



Fig. I. — Restoration of the wing of Archseopteryx, showing the probable distribu- 

 tion of the remiges or quill feathers. 



1-8. — Metacarpo-digital remiges or primaries. 

 1-14. — Cubital remiges or secondaries. 

 I., II.. III. = DigitsI.. II,, III. 

 The band running along the bases of the quills represents the tendon described 



on p. 356. 

 Fig. II.— Portion of the wing of a half-grown Ostrich (after Parker) showing the 

 component parts of a bird's manus, and illustrating the similarity between 

 the manus of Archaeopteryx as seen on the Berlin slab with that of existing 

 birds. 

 R.— Radiale. U.— Ulnare. Mc. I., II., III.— Metacarpals I., II., III. Ph.— 

 Phalanges. 



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