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metatarsal but upon the fifth digit at the bases of the first two pha- 
langes, into the outside of the first and dorsum of the second. In 
one specimen a small slip passed to the division of the extensor 
brevis for the fourth toe. 
Extensor longus hallucis; Plate XIV, E. L. H.; Plate XVI, Fig. 6, E. L. H. 
Dr. Allen says: ‘‘This muscle was found in one subject only. It 
arises from the fibula at its upper third.”” This muscle was pres- 
ent in all of my specimens. It arose from the fibula for an inch, 
coterminously with the fibula origin of the tibialis anticus. Pass- 
ing down behind the tibialis anticus it entered the loop with that 
muscle, and, becoming tendinous, wound around to the dorsum of 
the tibialis tendon where it gave a thin slip to be inserted with the 
same, then passed to the dorsum of the first phalanx of the hallux. 
In some cases this muscle was inserted entirely with the tibialis 
anticus and into adjacent fascia, no part going to the hallux. 
Bxtensor brevis digitorum: Plate XIV, E. B. D. 
This muscle consisted of five parts, which were distributed to 
the four inner toes. The slip to the hallux was inserted into the 
first phalanx, outside the extensor longus hallucis. The second 
toe received two slips, which were inserted on the dorsum of the 
second phalanx, in two instances side by side, in the other on each 
side of the long extensor tendon. The remaining slips were in- 
serted on the third and fourth toes, outside the long extensor. 
The position of a short extensor to the fifth toe is occupied by the 
peroneus tertius. 
Lumbricales; Plate XV, Lum. 
The lumbricales vary in number. In one male Raccoon there 
were three, as found by Dr. Allen, but instead of being inserted 
upon the second, third and fourth toes, they went to the third, 
fourth and fifth toes. The insertion was upon the mesal side near 
the base of the first phalanx of each. Some of the tendons could 
be traced to the bone, others were lost on the sheaths of the flexor 
tendons. Inthe other specimens lumbricales passed to the four 
outer toes. These muscles arose at the divergence of the long 
flexor tendons, each muscle arising principally from the tendon to 
its toe. The muscle'to the second toe was most slender, that to 
the fifth shortest and thickest. 
Abductor minimi digiti; Plates XIV and XV, A. M. 
This muscle arises from the plantar and mesal surface of the os 
calcis, just anterior to the insertion of the tendo-Achillis. The 
muscle is thin and flat, overlies .the musculus accesorius, and 
tapers to its insertion at the base of the fifth metatarsal. The ab- 
dutor minimi digiti is not described by Dr. Allen. 
