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ME. PAEKER ON SOME FOSSIL BIEDS 



Skull (posterior fragment) 2 specimens. 



Ribs (upper part) 3 „ 



Ulna (middle) 1 specimen. 



Femur (various parts) 12 specimens. 



Tibia (various parts) -20 „ 



Tarso-metatarse (various parts) .... 20 „ 



Phalanges (perfect) 3 „ 



Of the smaller kind of Swan {Cygnus mtisicus?) there are — 



Cervical vertebra (2nd or 3rd) .... 2 „ 



Sternum (anterior part) 1 specimen. 



Scapula (proximal part) 7 specimens. 



Humeri (various parts) 18 „ 



Ulna (various parts) 7 „ 



Radius (various parts) 7 or 8 „ 



Metacarpus (various parts) 5 „ 



Phalanx (proximal, perfect) . . . . ^ 1 specimen. 



Phalanx (distal, perfect) 2 specimens. 



Sacrum (various) 3 



Femur (shaft-part) 2 



Tibia (various) 3 



Tarso-metatarse (various parts ) . . . . 4 

 Phalanges (perfect) 5 



-Of the small Goose-bones {Bernicla 

 Coracoid (head) 



• ?) there are — 



Radius (distal and middle portions) 



Ulna (middle) 



Metacarpus (almost perfect) . . 

 Femur (nearly perfect) . . . , 

 Tibia (lower end) .... 



1 specimen. 



2 specimens. 

 1 specimen. 

 1 



1 » 

 1 



Some of these bones are of a beautiful ferruginous dark brown ; others are of a light 

 colour, like the clay in which they were imbedded. 



Cygnus falconeri, Parker. Skull. 

 Dr. Leith Adams's specimen of this part of the great Swan came to hand too late to 

 b9 figured ; I was able to make out that it belonged to a Swan nearly one-third larger 

 tahn Cygnus olor, and to see the occipital plane, foramen, and condyle, as well as part 

 of the parietal and temporal regions. With this specimen of the skull there were two or 

 three fine " ossa femoris," which coiToborated the conclusion I came to as to the skull be- 



