518 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ^LTJROIDEA. [June 6, 



The Auditory Ossicles. 



The malleus is the only ossicle which presents readily available 

 classificatory characters. These have been examined and described by 

 Mr. Alban Doran '. From an examination of the collection of ossi- 

 cles in the Royal College of Surgeons, with the use of Mr. Doran's 

 paper, I have noted the following characters in the following 

 groups : — 







3-« 



'w *^ r^ Qi O 



be 3 i 00 5 



.-^ -^ r-- ^ ^-* 



o 9 s p is 





§ - 1 



o S I 

 F4 



o 



" g «3 



£" 2 ° 





3 ^S: 



" g =s 



3 O 



^ 



^ 



Sw 



O -H 





SCO 



c 



3 . 



o 



g 



3 



?: 03 

 5 C 



MUM 



55 > •-• 



.i^§ 



O r- ; 

 to = 



12;^ P4 



Oj o © . 



g* ^ ^ 



a 

 o 



?. 



If a 



a S 



Q o 



c 



03 



ce - 



'^ ^ 2 



iiil 



-2300 m -g 



o 5 i iS =5 -o 



. O 



f^""" -2 rs S :=! 



C 



" '" ^ a 

 o 



i I 3 



^ :; ^- S Si) 





^S 





c • 









C3 o 

 fe SO 



a^ 



-a 



a 



OD ^ g 



-is 

 sa 





aba 

 =5 r'. S 



tC 3 



C3 OJ3 



'=3 



! a 



c3^0 

 «J S P 



■ PH OJ td 



o 



? a ■ 



« £.3 



i, fa- '-H 



a 



a 

 o 



P4 





° a. 



fe a » 



,2 O Oi 



to 0) Q> "" m 





I- --"^ = 



o ^ 



a ^ 

 t3 a 



. S 



bO 3 



a J| 

 ri«! a 



o 3 



I 2 fe'g i 



3 -^ca 



m 3 



IE 



» 



__ m o -t 



S o a a 

 ^ u u a 







i- ^§ o S'g 

 '3^c,g ^ 

 *^Ti 3,2^ o 



PM 



^ 



rt "M 00 ^ lO 



1 Trans. Linn. Soc. new series, (Zoology) vol. i. p. 371. 



