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MESSRS. BEDDAED AND MITCHELL ON THE [June 19, 



surface of the metatarsal shaft. Its tendon passes through a 

 foramen in the metatarsus, and is inserted about the middle of the 

 first phalanx. 



§ Comparison of Palamedea with Chauna. 



We have not deemed it necessary to give a detailed separate 

 account of the osteology of Palamedea, as all the differences between 

 it and Chauna will be found set out in the subjoined table. We 

 have, however, thought it worth while to figure the pelvis of 

 Palamedea, because of the great difference in the angle of inclination 

 of the postacetabular region. 



rig. 6. 



Pelvis of Palamedea. 



We also figure the hyoid, because there is not, so far as we are 

 aware, any figure of this bone in the Palamedeidae. 



Fig. 7. 



Hyoid bone of Palamedea. 



