144 Mr. H. G. Seeley on Prof. Owen’s 
carpal of the wing-finger. Now, seeing that the pisiform 
bone is always on the side of the hand towards the little finger, 
it follows that the wing-metacarpal is on the side towards the 
index finger, and is the index finger, as in bir 
I here give for comparison diagrams of the carpus and mé- 
tacarpus of the Ostrich and of the Pterodactyle Ornithocheirus; 
and a ae only draw the conclusion that the carpus is essen- 
tially ornithic. 
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Carpus and Metacarpus of Ostrich. Carpus and adjacent bones of Ornithocheirus. 
4, lateral carpal; 5, ulna ; c, radius; d, proximal carpal; e, distal ; 
m, index metacarpal ; a third MEME. — 
Among important bones there remains the pelvis.: Prof. 
Owen figures the pelvis in the two different specimens, and in 
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