EXTINCT ANIMALS 



of the hand aborted and tied together, this bird 

 had three distinct fingers, each armed with a 

 claw. Its legs were like those of living birds, 



Fig. 174. — The Berlin specimen of the Archceopteryx 

 siemensi, showing the wings M'ith three fingers, the long 

 tail, the head and neck and the feathers of the wings and 

 tail. 



and it had four toes. Its tail was unlike that 

 of any living bird, and like that of a lizard. 

 Whereas the bony part of the tail of living birds 

 is very short and bears the tail feathers set 



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