Two New Species of Fossil Footmen 



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pressed it, which I regard as very important. He at once exhib- 

 ited to me a drawing of the foot of a recent Batrachian, the Aly- 

 tis obstetneans, in a paper by Dr. Carl. Vogt, while the animal 

 was in an embryo state. This drawing, which I have copied on 

 tig. 3, shows the condition of the forefoot while yet ossification 



Fig. 3. 



