CAKINAT*:. 



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the typical species being /. dispar, and a better-known form, I. victor 

 (fig. 145). None would be more than 0'3 m. in height when standing 

 erect. 





FIG. 145. 



Ichthyornis victor; restored skeleton, one-half nat. size. U. Cretaceous; 

 Kansas. (After Marsh.) 



MODERN CARINATE BIRDS. 



The extinct representatives of the modern carinate birds are 

 too imperfectly known to be noticed here in detail. Many 



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