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5041. The right femur. 



From the highest point of the head to the lowest part of the internal condyle, this bone 

 measures eight inches and three-quarters. The shaft is rounded, slender and straight. 



5042. The right tibia. 



From the upper articular surface to the end of the malleolar process it measures seven 

 inches and a half. 



5043. The right fibula. 



This bone measures seven inches. 



5044. The bones of the right foot, naturally articulated, with the nails. 



The calcaneum projects a very short way beyond the astragalus, the tibial surface of which 

 is bent obliquely inwards, so that the foot presents its outer edge to the .ground : this mode 

 of articulation with the leg favours its prehensile power. The hallos reaches nearly to the 

 distal end of the first phalanx of the next toe : the four outer toes are shorter and more slen- 

 der than the corresponding digits of the hand. 



5045. The left humerus, longitudinally bisected. 



5046. The left radius, longitudinally bisected. 



5047. The left ulna, longitudinally bisected. 



5048. The left femur, longitudinally bisected. 



5049. The left tibia, longitudinally bisected. 



Genus Pithecus. 



5050. The skeleton of an adult male Sumatran Orang-utan {Pithecm Satyrux, 

 var. Abelii*). 



The vertebral formula is : 7 cervical, 12 dorsal, 5 lumbar, o sacral : there are 2 caudal, 

 * It resembles the Bornean variety called ' Mias Rambi ' by Rajah Brooke. 



