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SECT. 



angles to the trunk twenty-three large feathers (Fig. 963) are seen 

 to spring from its hinder or post-axial border: these are the 

 remiges or wing-quills. Twelve of them are connected with the 

 ulna and are called cubital s or secondaries (cb. rmg.} The rest are 

 known as primaries : seven of these are attached to the meta- 



carpal region, and are hence called metacarpals (mtcp. rmg.), the 

 remaining four or digitals to the phalanges of the second and 

 third digits. These are again distinguished into a single ad- 

 digital (ad. dg. rmcc.) connected with the single phalanx of the 

 third digit (Fig. 975. phj3\ two mid-digitals (md. dg. ring.) with 



