98 THE MYOLOGY OF THE RAVEN. 



Ill all of the works at my disposal I fail to find 

 a description of tliis teres minor muscle, and consequently 

 have taken the responsibility of naming it myself. 

 In its origin, insertion, and action, it seems to corre- 

 spond quite closely with the teres minor of many of 

 the higher vertebrates, in arising near the neck of the 

 scapula and being inserted upon the tuberosity of the 

 humerus. 



Mivart says that the teres minor may coalesce with 

 the infraspinatus, as in the Two-toed Ant-eater. The 

 minor may lie larger than the major, as in the Horse 

 {Ehm. Anat., p. 326). 



63. The levator scapidcB^ arises hj two strong, 

 fleshy digitations, one from each of the lateral processes 



1 This is the serratus jn'o/undus of Fiirbringer and Gadow, and 

 the latter presents us with a very full description of it {loc. cit., 

 pp. 220, 221), together with the following synonymy : — 



" 66«. M. SERKATUS PROFUNDUS. 



Anzieher des Schulterblattes. Merrem, p. 1 54. 

 Costo-scapularis superior. "Wiedemann, p. 87. 

 Levator scapulce. Tiedemann, § 245. 



Selenka, p. 109, No. 34. 

 ,, „ De Man, p. 104 ; Fiirbringer, Morpli. Jahrh., v. ; 



W^atson, p. 79 ; Weldon, p. 641 ; Carlsson, 

 p. 17. 

 Schulterheber. Meckel, System, p. 307. 



„ Schopss, p. 97. 



L'angulaire. Gervais et Alix, p. 20. 

 Serratus profundus. Fiirbringer. 



" Riidinger bemerkt ganz richtig, dass in Folge seines Ursprungs 

 von den Rippen dieser Muskel eine wesentliche Abweichung vom 

 Levator scapulae der Saliger bietet, da er bei letzteren von den 

 hinteren Zacken der QuerfortsJitze der ersten 4 Halswirbel ent- 

 springt. Er entspringt dagegen ziemlich genau dem M. collo- 

 scapularis der Reptilien, wenn man die Lange des Vogelhalses in 

 Betracht zieht. Der Serrat. prof. (Levator scapulae der Autoren) 



