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minus, or pinion-bone*, are long, especially M compared with the tibia and mrUUnmn. Tin- 

 outer toe ha* not more than three phalanges. There are 1 7 vertebrae between the ikull and 

 sacrum, of which the lait five bear moreable ribs, and of tbeae the but four pain arc united 

 to the iternum : there is a pair of slender sacral ribs, which do not reach the sternum. 



M**. South. 



1525. The skull of the European Goat-sucker (Capri wulyu* ntropenu). 



HuHtrria*. 



Genus .fyvikele*. 



1526. The skeleton of a Goat-sucker (-fyothele* crittattu). 







Of the 18 vertebne between the akull and sacrum, the six posterior bear moveable ribs, the 

 last four pairs of which unite with the sternum : there U one pair of sacral ribs. There are 

 7 caudal vertebne. The sternum presents four large angular vacuities posteriorly. The 

 fourth toe has the usual number of phalange*, vis. five. 



.1/iM. Gould 



1527. The skeleton of the Crested Goat-sucker {.KyotMe* crittatut). 



The two outer of the four angular vacuities of the sternum are notches in this skeleton. 

 The apex of the furculum unites with the point of the sternal keel. The maitoid doe* not 

 join the postfrontal ; both processes are short : the number of vertebne between the skull 

 and sacrum is 1 8, of which the last six bear moveable ribs, and of these the last four pain 

 are united Jo the sternum. There is one pair of sacral ribs. 



Hali. Van Diemrn's Land. 



Hunter ian. 



1628. The skeleton of an Australian Goat-sucker (Podaryu* kumeralis), with the 

 horny parts of the mandible and tongue preserved. 



Both the cranium and beak are remarkable for their great breadth, and the bony base of 

 the upper mandible is more developed than in the .Kgolktle*. The temporal fosse are long, 

 but narrow, and are arched over, as in the Crocodile, by the union of the mastoid with the 

 postfrontal. The lacrymaU have coalesced with the nasals and maxillaries, the bones of the 

 upper beak retaining a moveable articulation with the frontal. The sternum has four poste- 

 rior notches. There are 18 vertebne between the skull and sacrum, the last six of which 

 bear moveable ribs, and of these the last four pairs are articulated to the sternum : there is 

 one pair of sacral ribs, which do not reach the sternum. There are 7 caudal vertebne. 



Mu*. Gould. 



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