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DESCRIPTION OF A SPECDIEN 



The Bodies. — In the axis the two lateral halves of the body are symmetrically bent 

 backward. The 3d, 4th, and 5th vertebrae present a similar appearance ; the last, how- 

 ever, very slightly. In all the others the ends are about plane, till the loth caudal, which 



•The star indicates that some point of the vertebra is slightly injured, so that an ahsolutehj accurate measurement could 

 not be made. 



