AORTIC ARCHES OF BIRDS — GLENNY 605 



By Garrod 



Sturnus vulgaris Linn6 



Heteralocha gouldi—Heteralocha acuti- 



rostris (Gould) 

 Gracula religiosa (Linn^) 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Sturnus vulgaris Linnd 

 Aplonis tabuensis (Gmelin) 



Family Meliphagidae 



No details available. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Tropidorhynchus sp, | Posthemadera novae-zealandiae (Gmelin) 



Family Nectariniidae 



No details available. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 

 Nedarinia sp. 



Family Dicaeidae 



No details available. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Dicaeum sp. 



Family Zosteropidae 



No details available. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 

 Zosterops alhogularis= Zosterops albigularis Gould. 



Family Vireonidae 



Type A coracoid artery; types 3 and 4 thoracic artery; ligamentum 

 aortae reduced; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise from a short 

 common root from the common carotid arteries; ascending oesoph- 

 ageal artery arises as a branch of the right common carotid artery. 



Species studied 

 By Glenny 

 Vireo solitarius (Wilson) | Vireo virescens Vieillot 



Family Coerebidae 



Type A coracoid artery; type 4 thoracic artery; ligamentum aortae 

 reduced; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise as branches of a 

 common root from the common carotid arteries; ascending oesophageal 

 artery arises as a branch of the right common carotid artery. 



