244 PEOF. W. K. PAIIKEE ON THE GALLINACE^. 



Fig. 6. Part of same object. Magn. 40 diams. 



7. Phasianus versicolor, embryo | ripe ( = 3rd stage of Common Chick); five anterior vertebrae, 



lower view. Magn. 20 diams. 



8. Same object, upper view. Magn. 20 diams. 



9. Common Chick, 3rd stage (10 daysMncubation); pelvis and caudal vertebrse, lower view. Magn. 



10 diams. 



Plate XXIV. 



Fio-. 1. Common Chick, 1st stage; left leg, oblique inner view. Magn. 15 diams. 



2. The same, 2nd stage ; left leg, front view. Magn. 15 diams. 



3. The same, 3rd stage; tibio-tarsus, front view of lower end. Magn. 15 diams. 



4. The same (Dorking variety) ; tarsus and foot, front view. Magn. 10 diams. 



5. Part of same object, back view. Magn. 15 diams. 



6. Common Chick, 4th stage (12 days) ; ankle-joint, front view. Magn. 10 diams. 



7. Same object, back view of upper part. Magu. 20 diams. 



8. Common Chick, 5th stage (14 or 15 days) ; tibio-tarsus, lower end, front view. Magn. 15 diams. 



9. The same ; sliank, uj)per view. Magn. 15 diams. 



10. The same, 6th stage (Chicken 2 or 3 days old) ; ankle-joint, inner view. Magn. 8 diams. 



11. The same object, back view. Magn. 8 diams. 



12. The same, front view. Magn. 8 diams. 



13. Common Chick, 7tli stage (33 days old) ; ankle-joint, front view. Magn. 8 diams. 



14. The same object, side view of inner face. Magn. 8 diams. 



15. Common Chicken (8th stage), | year old; tibia and patella, inner view. Nat. size. 



16. The same ; ankle-joint, inner view. Nat. size. 



17. The same (9th stage), old Fowl; top of shank with " centrale." Magn. 2 diams. 



18. The same, old Fowl; first metatarsal and spur. Magn. 2 diams. 



19. The same, old Fowl ; tibio-tarsus and spur. Nat. size. 



20. Euplocanms Horsefieldii ; near time of hatching ; first metatarsal and spuj\ Magn. 10 diams. 



21. ? The same ; lower part of tibio-tarsus. Magn. 8 diams. 



Plate XXV. 



Fio'. 1. Meleayris yallopavo, (J; upi}er xiphoid. Nat. size. 

 1«. Tetrao uroy alius, $ ; end of sternum. Nat. size. 



2. Common Chick, 1st stage ; sternum, &lc. Magu. 20 diams. 



3. The same, 2nd stage; hip-plate. Magn. 20 diams. 



4. Coturnix communis (ripe) ; pelvis, lower view. Magn. 10 diams. 



5. Turnia; rostrata (juv.) ; pelvis, lower view. Magu. 10 diams. 



6. The same ; femur, front view. Magn. 8 diams. 



7. The same; tibio-tarsus, front view. Magn. 8 diams. 



8. The same ; tarso-metatarsus, front view. Magn. 8 diams. 

 9 9a. The same; 1st and 2nd metacarpals. Magn. 8 diams. 



10. The same ; lower end of tarso-metatarsus, hind view. Magn. 8 diams. 



11. The same; 1st metatarsal, hind view. Magu. 32 diams. 



12. Common Fowl, 1st summer; part of hip-plate, inner view. Nat. size. 



