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Tliere are two recurrent teudiuous slips to the tensor patugii loiigiis 

 tendon. One of these, the thinner and broader, arises from the 

 anterior tendon of the brevis ; the other, which runs ahnost parallel 

 with it, arises close to the insertion of the tensor brevis, but 

 distinctly from an extensor tendon of the forearm. In Ciconia 

 ni(/7'a\ Mycteria americana ', and Tantalus leiicocephalus there is only 

 a single recurrent slip, which, however, in Giconia, branches into a 

 double insertion. There is, as is the case with other Storks, no 

 biceps slip. 



The two latissimi dorsi a,re fairly equal in size; the anterior has 

 a completely fleshy insertion ; the posterior division is flat and 

 strap-like, as is the anterior, but ends abruptly in two tendons of 

 comparatively insignificant dimensions. One of these, the stronger, 

 is inserted on to the humerus, headwards of but beside the tendon 

 of the anconeus. The other is inserted on to the tendinous belly 

 of the same muscle. This appears to be the usual insertion in 

 Storks and in the Flamingo, but not in Scopus. 



The deltoides major has the long second tendinous head from the 

 scapula that is common if not universal in Storks. The main 

 scapular head is, however, fleshy. The scapular tendon arises from 

 the dorsal side of the scapula, and if the origin of the anconeus 

 from the ventral border of the scapula were continued forwards it 

 would meet that head. 



The anconeus Jongus has two plainly separate heads of origin 

 which are both tendinous. One has been just referred to. The 

 other is thicker and arises from the scapula nearer to the coracoid. 

 A broad and thin tendon attaches this muscle to the humerus in 

 the ordinary way. 



The serratus superjicialis posterior is wide and thin, and largely 

 tendinous ; it is attached to the posterior two-thirds of the 

 scapula. It arises from the uncinate process of rib 1 to that of 

 rib 3. 



The serratus superjicialis anterior is a thick fleshy muscle 

 attached to the scapula near to the coracoid end ; it arises from the 

 first complete rib, and a considerable gap is left between its 

 insertion and that of the superflcialis posterior. It may be noted 

 that the muscle arises only from its rib, and not also from a cervical 

 rib as in some other Storks. 



The pars metapatagialis is strong. 



The serratus profundus {levator scapulce of Weldon) consists of 

 only two slips, neither of which are of large size. They arise 

 respectively from the last cervical and the first dorsal rib. 



The bicepis is two-headed as in other Storks. 



The expansor secundariorv.m is present and attached to the 

 margin of the teres. 



The thigh-muscles of Anastomus are quite typically Stork-like, 

 the formula being AXY-|-, the complete one for a Stork '•'. The 



^ Flirbringer, Unters. Morph. Syst. Vogel, p!. xx. fig. 7. 



- Forbes MS. . o i 



■■' Tliere is a feeble accessory renioro-cauclal in Xenorhynclius atistralis. 



