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For scientific descriptions of these birds the reader is 

 referred to Oxven's paper " On the Archccopteryx of von 

 Meyer, zvith a Description of the Fossil Remains, etc. ^'' in 

 the " Transactions of the Philosophical Society of London 

 for 1863^'' page 33, and " Odontornithes, a Monograph 

 of the Extinct Toothed Bii'ds of North America^'' by O. 

 C. Marsh. Much popidar and scientifc iyformation 

 concerning the early birds is to be found in Newton's 

 " Dictionary of Birds,'''' and " The Story of Bird Life,'''' 

 by W. P. Pycraft ; the " Structure and Life of Birds,'''' 

 by F. W. Headley ; " The Story of the Birds,'' by J. 

 Newton Baskett. 



Fig. 17. — Archaeopteryx as Restored by Mr. Pycraft. 



