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Family HESPEllORNITHID/E. 



General skeletal structure approximating to that of Colymbus, 

 but the carina of the sternum and the wings aborted, and the scapula 



Fis. 47. 



Hcitperorim rcgalis. — Skeleton, restovcd ; from the Cretaceous of Kansas. 

 About i. {After Marsh.) 



and coracoid placed after the llatite manner, although not anchyloscd 

 together. 



Skull approximating in contour to that of Colijmhvs, but with two 



