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Fig. I. 



Scapula of the three species of Wombat. 

 Fig. 4. P. latifruns. Fig. 5. P. wombat. 



Two-thirds nat. size. 



Fig. 6. P. platyrhinus. 



The scapular spine is likewise more arched and higher in the Broad- 

 fronted Wombat than in the common species, the curvature com- 

 mencing closer to the base, rising almost two-tenths higher opposite 

 to the root of the neck, and falling again as it forms the acromion, 

 which last is much more elongated, and ends at the clavicle in a 



