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Murie shows but a single muscle, although another may be present. 

 There is a powerful muscle, the deepest of the infravertebral mus- 

 cles of the cervical region, which is probably homologous with the 



longus capitis (rectus capitis anterior major). In the present speci- 

 men this could not be divided, but whether or not this be actually the 

 case, it undoubtedly contains elements of the longus colli, and possi- 

 bly of the rectus capitis anterior minor as well. It arises from the 



