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though elsewhere* he describes a superficial polliceal muscle in Cyclo- 
thurus inserted into the rudimentary trapezium and preaxial side of 
the manus. 
In his “ Report on the Insectivorous Edentates,” the same author 
states that “the short muscles of the hand are very well developed.’’* 
The only indication of the condition in Chrysochloris which I can 
find is in the following statement from Leche :—‘ Wihrend bei Myo- 
gale noch besagte Flexores br. und Adductor pollicis die Hand- 
musculatur bilden, fehlt eine solche bei Chrysochloride und Talpina 
gainzlich.’’+ 
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IT. Brooks, H. Sr. Joun, “ Morphology of the Muscles on the 
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* xxxv., page 503. + xxvi., page 835. 
