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This stout tarsometatarsals of Pandion gives articulation to the 

 skeleton of the four toes, which are here a most powerful armature; 

 talons of more than usual bigness. All the joints are the very in- 



Bones of the skeleton of Pandion. Natural size 



Fig. 62 Anterior aspect of the right tibiotarsus and fibula 



Fig. 63 Lateral view of the left tarsometatarsals 



Fig. 64 Direct right lateral view of the os furcuia 



Fig. 65 Direct anterior view of the os furcuia; same bone as shown in the pre- 

 ceding figure 



As in the case of all the other text figures illustrating the present treatise, those of 

 Pandion were drawn by the author direct from the specimens. 



dexes of strength, and the terminal ungual ones none the less so. The 

 outer toe is reversible, and its basal phalanx has been modified for 

 the purpose. It is short, but not as short as the next two joints 



