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the coracoidal articulating facets, and looks directly upwards 

 and slightly forwards. It is to be noted that the spina sterni 

 of the Jack-Snipe has also a tendency to be bifid. 



The coracoidal facets of the Woodcock are somewhat 

 specialised. In all four forms the shape of the anterior 

 lateral process is distinctively peculiar. This is especially 

 evident in the Woodcock, but C. pusilla, in respect of the 

 form of this process, agrees with the Woodcock rather than 

 with the Snipe. The hypocleideum in C. pusilla is Galli- 

 nagine rather than Rusticoline. In the latter form it is 

 very long and narrow. The carina of C. pusilla shows no 

 evidence of degeneration. 



Pelvis. — In C. pusilla it may be shortly said that the 

 characters presented by the pelvis are, on the whole, more 

 Gallinagine than Rusticoline. It is to be noted, however, 

 that the upper margins of the preacetabular ilia are separated 

 from one another and from the line of the vertebral spines 

 by a considerable distance, and in this respect they present 

 a Rusticoline character. It may also be pointed out that in 

 Scolopax rusticola the iliac recesses for the lodgement of the 

 kidneys present posteriorly the form of deep and conspicuous 

 angular pouches, triangular in section and with flattened 

 sides, converging to a sharp apex. The iliac ridges which 

 mark the commencement of these pouch-like recesses are 

 sharp, thin, and conspicuous. These sharply marked renal 

 fossse are apparently peculiar to the purely Rusticoline form, 

 but there is a suggestion of them in C. pusilla, which is 

 quite absent in the Common Snipe. 



In Rhynchcea the pelvis presents features which, in respect 

 of the blunt or square-ended preacetabular ilia and the 

 somewhat pocket-like renal fossse, are reminiscent of the 

 Scolopacinse ; the pectineal processes are conspicuous by 

 their absence, however, and there is not the slightest hint 

 of Ralline factors in the configuration of the whole pelvis. 



As regards the arm and leg bones of C. pusilla, I do not 

 propose to ofter any remarks, beyond pointing out, that 

 in the matter of length, the humerus, ulna, and middle 

 metacarpus ( + phalanges) are all equal ; whereas in Gallinago 



