92 THE MYOLOGY OF THE RAVEN. 



also useful in some of the movements of tlie bracliium 

 during flight ; and it must be evident to meet any 

 of these ends, the supraspinatus is the one possessing 

 the least power, while the te7^es et wfraspinatiis, from 

 its greater size and more favourable origin, is the more 

 powerfully endowed. 



59. TJie serratus ma gnus anticus ^ is composed of 



^ In dealing with the serratl group of muscles in birds, Gadow 

 divides his m. serraUis superficialis s. t/ioraci-scapularis into three 

 parts, viz. : — [. the pars anterior, II. the pars posterior, and III. 

 the y^ars melapjatagialis. His work (Bronn's Klassen, vi. Band, 

 pp. 221-224) presents descriptions of these several divisions, to 

 Avhich the student is referred, and records the subjoined synonymy, 

 herewith republished : — 



"666. M. SERRATUS SUPERFICIALIS S. THORACI-SCAPULARIS. 



*' I. Pars anterior. 



Costo-scapndaire. Vicq d'Azyr, 1772, p. 629 ; Cuvier. 



Costo-scajjularis inferior. Wiedemann, p. 87. 



Costo-scajmlaris. Tiedemann, § 247. 



Kleiner Brustmuskel oder vorderer sageformiger Muskel. Meckel, 



Systeni, p. 308, No. 7 ; Schijpss, p. 96. 

 Serratu8 magnus anticus {first portion). Owen, Ajjteryx, p. 288. 

 Serratus anticus {j't.). Selenka, p. 110, No. 35. 



,, ,, ,, De Man, p. 105; Carlsson, p. 18. 



Grand dentele anterieur. Gervais et Alix, p. 20. 

 Serratus anticus minor. Watson, p. 78. 

 Serratus suj^erficialis, pars anterior. Fiirbringer. 



'* II. Pars posterior. 



Sous-scapulaire. "Vicq d'Azyr, 1772, p. 632. 



Grand dentele. Cuvier. 



Eiickwartszieher des Schulterblattes. Merrem, p. 154. 



Serratus. Wiedemann, p. 87. 



Serratus magnus. Tiedemann, § 246. 



„ ,, Fiirbringer, Morpih. Jahrh., v. 



„ „ Weldon, p. 641. 



Grosser, vorderer Sagemuskel. Meckel, System, p. 308, No. 6. 

 „ „ „ Schopss, p. 94. 



