C. Hallux 
d processes very 
terygoi 
asip 
B. B 
large, and placed on the basisphenoid rather than on its rostrum. 
absent. 
Order RATITA. 
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
The Ratite combine three characters which are not known to occur together in any other 
birds 
A. The keel of the sternum has become obsolete. 

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__somoTyNyg “9g | 

“ytENSU “G6 | 

OU “PE 

‘sodduajdy “Ge | 
tangdAuy “eg 



‘aur “1g | * * * 

‘sapodosig “Og | * * * 

‘aarawartny “6G |: * 

*BITBA) “8G 

“BOorMVvy “YG | 
“BIAVH) “9G 
___‘souuadwy 4% 
‘sodBUIqNT, “FG | 

H | HK |. lene 
* 


‘Bopsue[ed “EZ | 

‘salasUY “ZG 
‘ajdooumyg “TZ 


‘aa[VCTT “0G 
‘soUOIpOLeHT “G] 

eae a a 
‘sopodoursayg “QT 
s9}1BGUO “LT | 
‘saqowwong “oy | 

lee. 

BIIVIOD "GT 

% | R | | | oe | | ak | | ke | ok | ok | ok ok | | 
‘sauodo[tyy “FT 

* |e |... 
Usd “ET 

sod} ‘ail 

K jee 
‘souqidiooV “TT 

‘Traeyuedsag “OT 

‘NINH 6 

* |)... 
“Wweqdosnyy * 
(9) 

‘equinfog *y | 
but it is not easy to discover any valid arguments for this conclusion. 

*‘souos01y, “9 
radudg -¢ | 
‘saqosteag “fF | 



Pe SS 


‘Troory, “e | 

* 
mepdang Z| 


a | [a [ae | oe | oe | ae oe foe fa foe | of. 
| HK | oe LK |e LLL. 
* 
‘sa.lassuq ‘7 
* 

A 
B 
Cc 
Fiirbringer regards the Apteryges as more nearly allied to the Crypturi and the Fulicarixe 

than to the Ratitze 
