TBE BONES IN BIRDS. 



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and nine in the Goose and Duck; they are nearly always consohdated into a 

 single piece to which the trunk is fixed, and which gives the wings a solid 



Fig. 109. 



SKELETON OF A FOWL. 



^Tthe\°amV^Ti'!l^?'^''- \^^T r"""''' "^ '^' ^^''^ ^^'^^t*'*? 2, inferior ridge on body 

 of the amp •' 1 ' ^*y'^!\P'°!«"g«t'«° ^^ ^^l^ transverse process of the same ; 4, vertebrfl forameJ 

 01 the same , 1,234 the same parts in the twelfth vertebra. From B to c, Dorsal Vertebra: • 



D t?F °°rT''"/ I' ^L^""'' ■' ''' "■^'* ^''"^'^ ^^ '^' ""'°" °f '^' «ther spinou^ processes. From 

 betwee'n^Wwo Jh't Tn ^' ^' ^t^ ' f' ''''''^'}^'''^ ^^P*"™ = 9- foramen of communicafon 

 between the two orbits ; 10, premaiillary bone ; 10', external openings of the nose; 11, masilla- 



