126 LIFE OF FLOWER 



Far more important was the issue of the first edition 

 of that invaluable text-book, An Introduction to the 

 Osteology of the Mammalia. Since, however, mention 

 of this work had been already made in an earlier chapter, 

 it need not be further alluded to in this place. 



During the same year, exclusive of those on the 

 Cetacea, several papers were published by Flower in 

 various scientific serials. Among these, bare mention 

 must suffice for one, " On the Connexion of the Hyoid 

 Arch with the Cranium," which appeared in the twentieth 

 volume of the Report of the British Association. More 

 important is the article " On the Correspondence between 

 the parts composing the Shoulder and the Pelvic Girdle 

 of the Mammalia." In this the author pointed out that 

 although the homology between the scapula in the 

 shoulder-girdle and the ilium in the pelvis had long 

 been admitted by naturalists, yet much misconception 

 existed with regard to the exact correspondence be- 

 tween the respective surfaces and borders of these 

 bones ; and he then proceeded to define and describe 

 these correspondences in considerable detail. The names 

 then assigned by Flower to the component surfaces and 

 borders of the bones in question have ever since been 

 generally adapted by naturalists. Observations were 

 also recorded with regard to the homology between the 

 coracoid bone and the ischium. A second paper in the 

 same journal for 1870 dealt with the carpus of the dog ; 

 while in 1873 he published in this medium a note on 

 the same part of the skeleton in the sloths. 



Reverting once more to the Proceedings of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society, in which the bulk of his contributions 

 to the anatomy of mammals was published, we find a 



