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THE MYOLOGY OF THE RAVEN. 



I designate as the tibial cartilage that fibro-carti- 

 laginous block lying between the tibial condyles 

 behind, over which the tendon of the gastrocnemius 

 passes, and through which the tendons of the flexors 

 of the podal digits glide. Thus we see that the peroneus 



Fig. 62. — The skeleton of the left foot of a Kaven, seen from the side ; designed 

 to show passage and insertion of tendons, &c. Drawn life-size, by the 

 author, from his own dissections. 



longus in the Raven takes the part of an auxiliary to the 

 flexors of the toes, assisting them in their action. 



According to Sir Richard Owen, the present muscle in 

 the Apteryx behaves in a very similar manner in the 

 lower part of the leg to what I have just described 



