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This Stout tarsometatarsus of Pandion ffives articulation to the 

 skeleton of the four toes, which are here a most powerful armature; 

 talons of more than usual bigness. All the joints are the very in- 



Bones of the skeleton of Pandion. Natural size 



Fig. 62 Anterior aspect of the right tibiotarsus and iibula 



Fig. 63 Lateral view 01 the left tarsometatarsus 



Fig. 64 Direct right lateral view of the os furcu'ia 



Fig. 65 Direct anterior view of the os furciila; same bone as shown in the pre- 

 cec'ing figire 



As in Ihc case of all the other text figures illustrating the present treatise, those of 

 Pandion were drawn by the author direct from the specimens. 



dexes of strength, and the terminal ungual ones none the less so. The 

 outer toe is reversible, and its basal phalanx has been modified for 

 the purpose. It is short, but not as short as the next two joints 



