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Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., 

 under the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 447 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



May 15, 1909 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Museum bulletin 130 



OSTEOLOGY OF BIRDS 



BY 



R. YY. SHUFELDT 



Accipitres 



Preface 



Introduction 



Cathartidae 



Falconidae 



Osteological characters synop- 

 tically arranged 



Relationships 



Addenda 



Explanation of plates 



Gallinae 



Gallus bankiva 



Analytical summary 



Relationships 



Addenda 



Explanation of plates 



An seres 



5 



5 



7 



10 



52 



125 

 133 

 133 

 137 

 169 



1/3 

 222 

 227 



228 



233 

 249 



. surem: 



AMERICAN ETHOLOGY 



100! 



Anseres (continued) 



Anatinae 270 



.Modification of the larynx and 



trachea 297 



Appendicular skeleton 301 



Anserinae 3°6 



Trunk skeleton of the Anserinae 315 



Cygninae.. 330 



Notes on fossil Anseres 335 



Remarks on the classification 

 of the North American An- 

 seres 338 



Affinities 339 



Explanation of plates 341 



Coccystes glandarius 345 



Bibliography 357 



Index ..■ 369 



M2o6r-N3-i5oo 



ALBANY 



UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

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