5G 



TENTATORES. PROBERS. 



mentary, the second incomplete, and with the last destitute 

 of process. The body of the sternum is of moderate length 

 and breadth, concave, with two deep sinuses behind filled by 

 membrane ; the crest extremely prominent, its lower outline 

 a little convex, the anterior concave. The clavicles are 

 rather short and moderately stout ; the furcula rather slender, 

 curved, with the angle rather wide and rounded. The sca- 

 pula slender and arcuate. The humerus moderately long,, 

 the cubitus about a fourth longer ; two carpal bones ; the 

 pollical bone slender and tapering ; the two metacarpal bones- 

 united at both ends, the inner very slender; the outer digital 

 bone broad, internally thin-edged, the inner very small and 

 curved, the extreme digital bone slender and tapering. The 

 pelvis is large ; the ischium united, but leaving a large 

 oblong foramen ; the pubes very slender, free unless at the 

 base ; the femur of moderate length ; the tibia very long, 

 slender ; the fibula very slender, partially united, extending 

 to about half the length of the tibia ; tarsus nearly square ; 

 the hind toe elevated, small, of tAvo phalanges, and a basal 

 bone, the rest of rather short, three, four, and five phalanges. 



The skeleton of the Snipe is very little different, the limbs 

 only being shorter, and the bones proportionally thinner. In 

 it the vertebra? are 43, of which 13 are cervical, 9 dorsal, 

 13 sacral, and 8 caudal. 



