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genus. The tarso-metatarsus is comparatively short, more com- 

 pressed laterally than in PJuenicojiteriis, and with a complex talon, 

 in which there are four complete tubes for the passage of the flexor 

 tendons \ In the humerus the surface for the brachialis anticus is 

 short and rounded. 



Falselodus steinheimensis, Fraas ^. 



A large species, known by the distal extremity of the tibio-tarsiis, which 

 differs in the form of the eondjles from the correspoudiug bones of P. yoliath 

 and P. crassipcs. 



Hab. Europe (Bavaria). 



From the Middle Miocene of Steiuheim, near Haddenheim. 



Palselodus crassipes, !Milne-Edwards ^ 



Larger than the type species, with the tarso-metatarsus rela- 

 tively stouter and more expanded distally. Length of tarso-meta- 

 tarsus 0,145. 



Hab. Europe (France). 



31608. The proximal third of the left tibio-tarsus ; from the Lower 

 Miocene (Upper Oligocene) of AUier. This and the follow- 

 ing specimen resemble the corresponding portions of the 

 entire right tibia figured by Milne-Edwards in his 

 'Oiseaux Fossiles de la Prance,' pi. Ixxxviii. figs. 1, 2. 



Brnvard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



31608 a. The distal third of a right tibio-tarsus probably belonging 

 to the same individual as the preceding specimen ; from 

 AUier. Bravard Collection. 



31219. The right coracoid, with the postero-distal angle wanting ; 

 from xlllier. Resembles the entire coracoid figured by 

 Mibie-Edwards, op.cit. pi. Ixsxix. figs. 1, 2, and referred 

 to this species. Bravard Collection. 



31220. The imperfect distal extremity of a similar right coracoid ; 



from Allier. Bravard Collection. 



27830. Fragment of rock showing a slightly imperfect left coracoid 

 probably referable to this species ; from the Lower Mio- 

 cene of the Auvergne. 



Croizet Collection. Purchased, 1848. 



^ A similar arrangement is found in Scolopax. The extreme lateral compres- 

 sion of the metatarsus is paralleled in the ColymhidcB. 

 - Jahresb. Ver. nat. Wiirtt. vol. xxri. p. 285 (1870). 

 ^ Oiseaux Fossiles de la France, vol. ii. p. 77 (1869). 



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