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hemp, prass, or plaster used as a substitute for the natural body. 

 Fig. 2. A, nut ; B, cap ; C, thread. 



PLATE X. SKELETON OF A GROUSE, OR PRAIRIE HEN (Cupi- 

 (lon/<i cit/>i<!o, Baird). showing the different bones, as follows: 

 n, the skull ; b, vertebra of the neck; c, Jiumertis ; d, forearm; f, pha- 

 langes ; g, furcuhi ; h, sternum; i, marginal indentations; j, thigh? 

 k, tarsus; y, tibia ; m, rump ; n, coccygus; A, ribs; B, lower joint of 

 thigh. 



