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^hmild be called sterno.maxillaris, its Insertion being by a slender 

 teln into thrinner side of the angle of the jaw. after contxnuxng 

 fleshv to Avithin a foot of its place of attachment 



Tlscaleni museles, whiehwere -ost powerfully developed eon- 

 sisted of four distinct masses on eaeh side. ansing from the fourth, 

 Sth sSth. and seventh cervical v^rtebr^ ; they were mserted into 

 the manubrium sterni and the first nb. „•,:„„ frnm the 



The trapezius consisted of two portions; one, ansing ^o^ the 

 traisverse processes of the fifth and sixth -meal ..rį.&r. xs lo^ m 

 a <;tron- fascia overspreading the shoulder-jomt ; the other arises 

 iZt^e Ugamentum nuch^. and is inserted into the fasaa covenng 



%'h7ior seapul. arose from the fifth, sixth, and seventh cer- 

 vical vertebr^e. and was inserted into the supenov angle of the 



''V!erhomboideus was single. and chiefly remarkable for its short. 

 ness ; it was inserted into the broad elastic cartilage which xs con- 

 tinued upwards from the base gf the scapula. , , ,, , 



'The lltoralis major arose from the whole length « the^« ' 

 if was comnosed of two portions, one superficial, the other deep 

 seated tKrmer was inserted into the fascia covering the extensor 

 museles of the fore-leg; the latter into the fasaa covenng the 



""'t^ir;:^ to the other musdes acting upon the ^staUoįnts 

 of the extremities, with the exception of their greater length, they 

 were not foTnd materially to differ from the conrespondmg parts m 

 other bisulcate mammals. . ,. . , , „^ 



tIb ligamentum mchce was remarkable for its prodigious develope- 

 ment ; it commenced at the sacral vertebrce, and recemng as it ad- 



"nced, aecessions from eaeh of the ^^-^^ -^^J^fį/Jįfiįem; 

 came inserted into the spinous processes of the cervical, the extreme 

 p^tion passing freely over the atlas, and terminating by an expanded 

 insertion upon the occipital crest. ^ ~ , , , „ .t,. „i,„ii ^„s 



The bony attachment of the ligament aiforded by the skuU was 

 raised considerably above the roof of the cranial cavity, the exterior 

 taSe of The skuU being widely separated from the vitreous p ate by 

 alįe sLts, .hich commencfng above the middleo^^^^^^^ 

 extended as far posteriorly as beneath the base of the boras , the si- 

 nuses were traversed by strong bony septa. forming a support to the 

 exterior table. The sphenoidal sinuses were of large size 



The nasal cavity occupied the two anterior thirds of the skull, and 

 the ossa spongiosa \fere proportionably developed. 



The condyles of the occiput were remarkable for their great extent 

 in the vertical direction, and the inferior and postenor parts of the 

 art cular surface meet at an acute angle ; a structure which enables 

 the GiraiFe to elevate the head into a line with the neck, and even to 

 incline it slightly backvvards. 



