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202 ON CERTAIN MUSCLES OF BIRDS. 
Geopelia cuneata. Treron calva. 
humeralis. Phloganas cruentata, 
Ptilopus melanocephalus.  - Starnenas cyanocephala. 
marie. 
The Galline possess the ambiens, the accessory femoro-caudal, the 
semitendinosus (large), the accessory semitendinosus (large), and the 
postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciz (large); the femoro-caudal 
is well developed in some, small in some, and absent in afew. An 
asterisk is placed by the name of those in which it is absent. 
Species examined. 
TETRAONIDZ. 
Tetrao urogallus. 
tetran. 
PHASIANIDA. 
Francolinus vulgaris. 
afer. 
ponticerianus. 
—- gularis. 
clappertonit. 
Arboricola torqueola. 
Perdiz cinerea. 
Coturniz communis. 
Rollulus coronatus. 
Odontophorus dentatus. 
Ortyx virginianus. 
Eupsychortyz cristatus. 
Caccabis chukar. 
Phasianus colchicus. 
versicolor. 
reevestt. 
Thaumalea picta. 
amherstice. 
Luplocamus erythrophthalmus. 
— vieilloti. 
—— pyronotus. 
—— horsfieldit. 
—— albo-cristatus. ‘ 
Gallus bankiva. 
Ceriornis temminckir. 
* Pavo nigripennis. 
* muticus. 
Argus giganteus. 
* Meleagris gallopavo. 
Numida meleagris. 
CRACID2. 
Craw globicera. 
—— incommoda. 
Pauwis mitu. 
Penelope cristata. 
pileata. 
Ortalis albiventris. 
MEGAPODIDA. 
Talegalla lathami. 
Megacephalon maleo. 
Of the Alectorides the families will be considered separately. 
In the Bustards as represented by Otis macqueeni and Hupodotis 
denhami the ambiens, accessory femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus, the 
accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor 
fasciz are present; the femoro-caudal is absent. 
In the Gdicnemide the accessory femoro-caudal, the semitendi- 
nosus, the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of 
the tensor fasciz are present. In Wdicnemus bistriatus and C2. super- 
