174 DR. B, C. A. WINDLE AXD ilR. F. G. PAllSOXS ON THE [Mar. 1, 



the muscle was present ia every case, and calls for little notice 

 except that it tends to form a large part of the long tendon for 

 the hallux. 



Abductor ossis metatarsi quinti. — This muscle was frequently 

 noticed : when present it rises from the posterior part of the 

 caleaneum and is inserted into the base of the fifth metatarsal 

 bone. In some cases a slip was continued on to the base of the 

 proximal phalanx of the fifth toe, forming a feeble abductor minimi 

 digiti, but more often it was absent (see fig. 5). 



Abductor hallucis. — This is usually present in the families in 

 which the hallux is not aborted (see fig. 5). In the Felidae, 

 Canidae, and Hysenidse it is absent. 



rig. 6. 



Muscles of sole of foot of Liitra. 



Adductor Mxisdi^s of the Foot. First Lai/er of Beep Muscles. — As 

 in the hand, the usual arrangement is to find three adductors — one 

 for the hallux, one for the index, and a third for the minimus (see 

 figs. 5 & 6). As the hallux is suppressed in the Felidae, Canidas, 

 and Hyaenidffi, there is, of course, no adductor hallucis in these 

 families. In Felis pardus (6) and pardalis (8) there were two 

 adductors of the fifth digit. In Viverra (17) Macalister found an 



