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JEH-FALCON'S WING. 



single bone, the humcrus. The portion marked b 

 answers to the fore-arm or cubit, the part of the arm 

 from the elbow to the wrist. This part consists of 

 two bones, a larger and curved one, the radius, and a 



Jer- falcon's wing. 



more slender and straighter one, the ulna. The portion 

 marked c answers to the hand in man ; o is the thumb, 

 which in the bird carries the bastard wing ; in this 

 wing it is tolerably developed, and consists of two 

 phalanges of bone soldered together, the union of 

 which may be seen at o. The metacarpal bones, 



