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For scientific descriptions of these birds the reader is 

 referred to Oioeii's jjaper " On the Archceo^^teryx of von 

 Meyer, with a Description of the Fossil Remains, etc.,'''' iji 

 the " Transactions of the Philosophical Society of London 

 for 1863,'''' page 33, and " Odontormthes, a Monograph 

 of the Extinct Toothed Birds of North America,'''' by O. 

 C. Marsh. Much popidar and scientific information 

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

 " D'lctionary of Birds,'''' and " The Story of Bird Lfe,'''' 

 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. 



