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1206. Tbo right ulna of the sonic Albatros. 



1207. The right radius of the same Albatros. 



1208. The left ulna of the same Albatros. 



1209. The left radius of the same Albatros. 



1210. The right metacarpus of the same Albatros. 



1211. The left metacarpus of the same Albatros. 



1212. The right femur of the same Albatros. 



1213. The left femur of the same Albatros. 



1214. The left tibia and fibula of the same Albatros. 



1215. A longitudinal section of the right tibia of the same Albatros. 



1216. A longitudinal section of the right metatarsus of the same Albatros. 



1217. The left metatarsus and phalanges, with the natatory membrane, of an Al- 

 batros. Hmmtfria*. 



1218. The skeleton of an Albatros (Diomeda-a culminata). 



Its osteology corresponds in all essential particular* with that of the larger specie*, but the 

 nostrils are more advanced, and the upper concavity of the beak if shorter. The number of 

 free Tertebne between the skull and sacrum is 20 1 of thete, the fire last hare the pleurapo- 

 phyce* articulated to the sternum bj bony iutmapophjMa. All the ribs completed by hsem- 

 pophyse* joining the sternum support bony appendages. There are 9 free caudal rertebne. 



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