Sill II MM': ()sri-(M (>(;^■ of iiii-. LimicolA'".. 



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in any of the Curlews. Al)o\c the I;UUt \\r find ihc is( hiadic foramen, 

 which in \it»ir/i/NS is \er\' lari;e and clliptii al in outline. 



'I'he lower part of the posterior border of this pelvis exhibits a 

 triangular notch which marks the original division between the ilium 

 and the ischium, and this latter bone from being so long and narrow, 

 is deserving of especial notice. 



'Inhere appear to be fourteen vertebnx; i'used together in the ])el\ic 



Fig. i6. TIh- pelvis of .\'ii/>niiiiis /oiigirosh-is, seen from above ; natural size. 



sacrum of a Curlew, and the two anterior ones throw out diapophj^ses 

 to the ilia, and bear the facets for the pelvic ribs. In the third ver- 

 tebra of this series, these processes are extended almost directly uj)- 

 wards, while in the fourth and fifth, again, they are horizontal, as in 

 the first and second. From the ])oints where the diaj)ophyses of the 

 fifth meet the ilia, these latter bones sweep outwards, and are fashioned 

 to form the anterior part of the "basin of the pelvis." 'J"he tenth 

 sacral vertebra throws out a strong pair of transverse processes that 



