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pressed from above downwards. The orbits are large and approach 

 near to one another. 



In the Carnivora vera the spine of the scapula is situated at 



Fir;. llt>S.— Lateral view of skull of Dog {Canis familiar is). C. occ. oocipital eondjio ; F.froiital ; 

 F. inf. iiifra-orbital foiamen ; J(i. jugal; Jni. iiremaxilla ; L. lacryrual ; M. maxilla; M.aud. 

 external auditory meatus ; ihl. mandible ; N. nasal ; P. parietal ; Pal. palatine ; Pjt. 

 zygomatic process of squamosal ; Pt. " i>terygoid " ; Sph. aUsphenoid ; Sq. squamosal ; Sq. ore. 

 sujn-aoccipital ; T. tympanic. (From Wicdorsheim's Compnratire Anatoiwi.) 



about the middle of the outer surface of the bone. The acromion 

 is usually well developed, sometimes with a metacromion. The 

 coracoid process is very small. The clavicle is never complete, 



Cl^ 



Fin. lltiO.— Section of the left auditory bulla and surrounding bones of a Bear {Vrsus fero.x). 

 a.m. external auditory meatus; B.O. basiotcipital ; e. Eustachian tube; Sq. squamosal; 

 T. tympanic ; t. tympanic ring. (After Flower.) 



sometimes entirely absent. There is a supra-condyloid foramen 

 in the Cats and some of the other groups, not in the Dogs or 

 Bears, 



