DrXORNITHIDJE. 34.1 



32171b. A large vertebra corresponding to the fifth dorsal of 

 Anomalopteri/x parva. The neural spine is long, and in- 

 clined more forwardly than usual ; there is no hiemal 

 carina ; and the posterior face of the centrum is com- 

 paratively wide, narrowing superiorly. The general cha- 

 racters are similar to the specimen represented in wood- 

 cut 71, which was figured by Owen in the ' Extinct Birds 



Fis 



Parhi/ornis elephantopm.—Leit lateral aspect of the fifth dorsal vertebra. 

 Somewhat reduced, pr, posterior surface of centrum ; p, rib-facet (parapo- 

 phj-sis) ; pn, anterior pneumatic foramen ; pn' , posterior do. ; z, prezyga- 

 pophjsis ; pz, po.stzygapophysis ; d, transverse process ; ns, neural spine ; 

 n. neural canal. {After Owen ; from 'Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. x. p. 168.) 



