EXPEDITION TO FUNK ISLAND. 



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although naturally the results are by no means so satisfactory as if each 

 pair of bones came from one individual. 



The bones measured were taken at hap-hazard, care being taken only 

 to select such as were in good condition and whose measurements 

 would not be lessened by any wearing away of their extremities. In 

 the three following tables the vertical columns show the number of in- 

 dividuals, the horizontal giving the extreme length of the bone, in a 

 straight line, in millimeters. The unbroken line represents bones from 

 the right side, the interrupted line those from the left. In all cases an 

 equal number of bones were taken from either side. 



In all cases the perpendicular column indicates number of individ- 

 uals, the horizontal column length in millimeters. 



iin showing tlie measuromenta of three hundred humeri of the Great Auk, and the relation 

 between those ot the right and left side. 



