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MERISTIC VARIATION. 



[part I. 



phalanges, but the claw not retracted to one side more than to 

 the other. [Condition IV of the manus.] 



Left manus. The same as the right. [Condition IV of the 

 manus.] 



*477. Cat having all extremities abnormal, also the property of the 

 Oxford University Museum. 



Left pes. Like the left pes of case No. 474 [sc. Condition IV 

 of the pes] represented in Fig. 87, II. 



Right pes a peculiar case (Fig. 87, I). The digits V, IV and 

 III are normal right digits. The digit II marked 3 in the figure is 



e.cu 



Fig. 87. Hind feet of Cat No. 477. 



I. Eight pes not truly conforming to any of the Conditions numbered. 



II. Left pes shewing the ordinary form of Condition IV of the pes. 

 Lettering as in Fig. 85. (From a specimen in Oxford Univ. Mus.) 



very slightly differentiated as a right digit, but the excavation on the 

 external side is very slight, and the claw when retracted is almost on 

 the middle of the second phalanx. The digit 2 of the figure is a left, 

 and internal to it is a three-phalanged digit of which the claw is 

 not retracted into any excavation. [Not conforming to any of the 

 Conditions specified.] 



478. Cat having all feet abnormal, kindly lent to me by Mr Oldfield 

 Thomas. 



