LIST OF PLATES. i x 



hemp, grass, or plaster used as a substitute for the natural body 

 Fig. 2. A, nut ; B, cap ; C, thread. 



Plate X. Skeleton of a Grouse, or Prairie Hen (Cupi- 



donia cupido, Baird), showing the different bones, as follows: — 

 a, the skull; b, vertebra of the neck; c, humerus; d, forearm; f, pha- 

 langes; g, furcula; h, sternum; i, marginal indentations; j, thigh; 

 k, tarsus; y, tibia ; m, rump ; n, coccygus; A, ribs; B, lower joinf 5 of 

 thigh. 



