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Tibia ct fibiila liib ciitc dclitcfcuiit , ncc cxtrorliim cx- 

 (cniiitur , tiirlib vcro ct inctiU.irliii k)hminiodo libcrc pro- 

 mincnt ct pilis tcgiintur , digiti autcni 5. fimili cutc gl;i- 

 bra ct iiibtus virgata obducuntur , vt digiti antcrioruin pe- 

 dum : digiti autcm multum longiorcs liint , (luam in an- 

 tcrioribus pcdibus : cxtimus digitus otficio pollicis fungcns , 

 tcrtia partc rcliquis latior ct ciusdcm cnm lcqucnti lon- 

 gitudinis , trcs rcliqui ciusdcm latitudinis , infimus \ero feii 

 \ltimus ciusdcm cum pollicc latitudinis , at rcliquis brcuior 

 \no pollicc ; quatuor rcliqui acqualitcr longi runt. Sunt 

 autcm pinnati pcdcs lii tcnuiores anterioribus , ac digito- 

 rum articuli latiorcs , planiorcs ct tcnuiorcs j articuli qui- 

 dcm coniunguntur cutc glabra , poft articulos autcm , \bi 

 cpipliylcs cartilagineac incipiunt , pcdcs filli ct \t in pal- 

 niipcdibus auibus loluti funt, adcoquc pinna cxtrcma [quan- 

 tum cartilaginca j in 5. lacinias diuila, iingulacque cariibgines 

 nd latcra mcmbrana augcntur , \t in pcdibus colymborum , 

 qiiod ideo fit , \t cxigcntc ncccllitatc pinnam diduccrc , 

 \imque corpus propcllcndi citius in aquis augcrc , nata- 

 tumquc accclcrarc pollint. Extrcmitatcs harum hicinia- 

 rum lubrotundac iiint , pariter ac fupcriora digitorum in- 

 tcrllitia , \bi cutis in lacinias abirc incipit , digitorum quis- 

 que 3. articulis gaudct , cxccpto poUice , qui niodo 2. 

 fulcitur , tcrtium \cro lcu cxtrcmum articnlum qucmque 

 \nguis pracfinit , oblongus, acutns, iiipcrnc conucxus , in- 

 fcrnc cxcauatus : vngucs pollicis ct intimi digiti pcrparui , 

 nulliu>) vfus j in tribns mcdiis digitis \nius ciunlcmquc 

 longitudinis ct latitudinis liint , inquc \na li;ric lcxundum 

 latitudincm locantur , apophylc*. autcm cartilagincac \ltni 

 trcs quatuoriic polUccb Uucdum txporrc(5tac moiics ct, dum 



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