PLATE V. 



FIG. SIZE. 



1. Rana temporaria? (Tadpole with budding limbs, but perfect tail). Left 



Shoulder-plate and head of humerus ; outer 



view . . . . 25 diain. 



2. Do. (do.) diagram to show the relation 



of Shoulder-blade to vertebrae . . do. 



3. Do. (do., with tail half-absorbed). First appearance of Ster- 



num, and part of Shoulder-girdle . 75 do. 



4. Do. (do. with tail almost absorbed). Sternal moieties and part 



of epicoracoids . . . do. 



5. Do (do.), first separation of omosternum from prae- 



coracoid .... do. 



6. Do. (do. with- tail absorbed). Shoulder-girdle and Sternum 



outspread, and seen from below . . 15 do. 



7. Do. (do.) omosternum, with united moieties, part of last 



figure . . . 75 do. 



8. Do. (do.) Sternum, part of same figure . . . do. 



9. Do. (Frog few weeks after metamorphosis). Shoulder-girdle 



and Sternum, outspread and seen from above 7 do. 



10. Do. (do.) part of same, showing continuity of cartilage 



between scapula and supra-scapula , 25 do. 



11. Do. (Old male Frog). Shoulder-girdle (with left supra-scapula 



removed) 2 and Sternum ; upper view . 4 do. 



12. Do. (do.) section through scapulo-suprascapular synchondrosis 25 do. 



13. Do. (do.) section through upper part of supra-scapula . do. 



14. Do. (same as fig. 1). Upper edge of scapula, showing absence 



of cleft . . . . 100 do. 



15. Bufo vulgaris* (1st summer). Shoulder-girdle and Sternum outspread, and 



seen from above . . .7 do. 



16. Do. (do.) do. lower view . . .do. 



17. Do. (do.) part of fig. 15, showing coalescence of 



epicoracoids . .25 do. 



1 See pages 79 83. 



2 In many of the figures (upper views) of the Shoulder-girdle of the Anoura I have not drawn 

 the left supra-scapula. 



3 See page 72. 



