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THE SENSE OF TOUCH IN ANIMALS 



Fig. 166.— North Island Kiwi. Apteryx Mantdli. x 25. Pes, D. 2. 

 Terminal phalanx. Imbrication distal, longitudinal section. 



Fig. 167. — CoMMO>r Rhea. Rhea Americana x 25. Pes. Plantar 

 pad between D. 3 and D. 4, longitudinal section. 



proximal direction. Papillae of the coriiim highly developed, long 

 and pointed. 



Aquila audax (Fig. 171).— Longitudinal section through 

 terminal phalanx of a digit. Scales greatly elongated, and 

 projecting almost like spines, and papillae of the corium long, 

 pointed, and reaching near to the free surface of each pointed 

 scale. 



