viii.] MONOTREMATA. 115 



The hinder sternal ribs are very broad and flat. The 

 Echidna has 16, and the Ornithorhynchus 17 pairs of 

 vertebral ribs ; they do not divide above into head and 

 tubercle, but are attached only to the sides of the bodies 

 of the vertebra;. The last 5 sternal ribs of Echidna, especi- 

 ally E. bruijni, are exceedingly broad and overlap each 

 other. 



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