THE WING OF ARCH^OPTERYX. 



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unreduced digits of the wings which (like those of the feet) are 

 covered with scales." There is no evidence of the presence of scales 

 on the feet, though they probably were thus clothed, but there seems 



sm 





Fig. 5.— Restoration of Archaopteryx, | nat. size, from "Darwin and After 

 Darwin." The block has been kindly lent by Mrs. Romanes. 



to me to be neither evidence nor veason to assume their presence on 

 the fingers. 



Dr. Hurst's restoration (6) took the world by surprise, but it 

 remains to be seen whether it will stand the test of criticism. In order 



