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Ur. P. C. Mitchell on the 



Caud-iUo-fenvjralis. — The pars iliaca [accessory femoro- 

 caudal) is absent in all. T)xe pars caudalis is present in all^ 



Fiff. 13. 



Femoral muscles of Ceryle mcLviina, 

 F., femur ; Bi., biceps cut short ; f.c, femoro-caudal ; s.)!., semi-tendinosus. 

 cut short ; s.m., semi-membranosus, cut short ; oh., obturator ex- 

 ternus ; add. 1, adductor externus ; add. 2, adductor iiiternus ; mid., 

 middle head of the gastrocnemius. 



and is comparatively narrow in Dacelo, in Ceryle maxima 

 (fig. 13, f.c.) and C. alcyon, Sauropatis vagans, and Ceyx 

 rufidorsa; while in Ceryle inda (fig. 14, f.c), C. americana, 



Fiff. 14. 



Femoral muscles of Ceryle inda. Lettering as in figure 1-"1. 



the Cittura, Alcedines, and in Sauropatis sordida, c/iloris, 

 and sancta there is no well-marked relation between the 



