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  DISCOGLOSSIDiE. 
  

  

  or 
  directed 
  a 
  little 
  forwards 
  ; 
  tbe 
  second 
  is 
  the 
  longest, 
  

   nearly 
  Horizontal 
  or 
  directed 
  a 
  little 
  backwards, 
  and 
  

   sends 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  its 
  upper 
  border 
  a 
  short, 
  

   slender 
  process, 
  directed 
  outwards 
  and 
  backwards 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  rib, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  somewhat 
  curved, 
  is 
  directed 
  

   slightly 
  backwards, 
  and 
  in 
  length 
  is 
  intermediate 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second. 
  The 
  following 
  vertebrae 
  

   have 
  no 
  distinct 
  ribs, 
  but 
  the 
  diapophyses 
  are 
  longer 
  

   and 
  more 
  slender, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  being 
  turned 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  forwards. 
  The 
  diapophyses 
  

   of 
  the 
  sacral 
  vertebra, 
  which 
  cover 
  the 
  anterior 
  extre- 
  

   mities 
  of 
  the 
  ilia, 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  may 
  shift 
  forwards 
  

   and 
  backwards 
  to 
  some 
  extent, 
  are 
  moderately 
  dilated, 
  

   their 
  diameter 
  at 
  the 
  free 
  extremity 
  being 
  somewhat 
  

   less 
  than 
  their 
  length. 
  Two 
  condyles 
  for 
  articulation 
  

   with 
  the 
  urostyle. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  vertebral 
  column, 
  and 
  bears 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  a 
  short, 
  slender, 
  transverse 
  process 
  

   directed 
  obliquely 
  backwards, 
  

  

  PraBCoracoids 
  slender, 
  curved, 
  entering 
  the 
  glenoid 
  

   cavity 
  ; 
  coracoids 
  stronger, 
  feebly 
  curved 
  ; 
  supra- 
  

   scapula 
  ossified 
  ; 
  omosternum 
  cartilaginous 
  ; 
  sternum 
  

   produced 
  into 
  two 
  long, 
  slender, 
  diverging 
  processes. 
  

   Humerus 
  once 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  once 
  and 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  radius-ulna. 
  Carpus 
  with 
  eight 
  bones, 
  two 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  radius-ulna 
  ; 
  a 
  single 
  bone 
  in 
  

   the 
  pollex, 
  very 
  large 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  metacarpal 
  of 
  inner 
  

   digit 
  enlarged 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  with 
  strong 
  inner 
  crest. 
  

  

  Pelvis 
  nearly 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  vertebral 
  

   column 
  ; 
  pubis 
  cartilaginous 
  ; 
  acetabulum 
  open. 
  Femur 
  

   and 
  tibia 
  with 
  the 
  epiphyses 
  cartilaginous^ 
  the 
  former 
  

   strongly 
  sinuous 
  and 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  latter; 
  astra- 
  

   galus 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  calcaneum, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   perfectly 
  distinct 
  throughout, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   calcified 
  epiphyses, 
  and 
  one-half 
  or 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  

   half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  tibia-fibula; 
  three 
  tarsalia 
  in 
  the 
  

   distal 
  row, 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  ossify 
  ; 
  and 
  two 
  

   bones 
  to 
  the 
  prsehallux. 
  Distal 
  phalanges 
  obtuse, 
  

   slightly 
  expanded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  