132 Scientific Intelligence. 
ancient Ganoid in the vertebrated tail is recognized by Mr. Woodward. 
—Ebs. 
“ Fortunately oer om pee through the exertions of 
Professor Owen a terhouse (the latter of whom made 
issue of this present number , it will have — described by cles 
datus, who thus indicates his conviction that it is a bir pee 
here appended, it is stated that Prof. Owen, at the last moment, » decided 
to eve von Meyer’s name Archeeopteryz, still regarding it, however, 
as a 
the Rails) from —— and some others, are arme 
“The ‘ merrythought,’ or a sagen is seen lying seeded the wings 
The ribs, hall and unbird-like, are detached, and scattered on the sur 
face, as if the he ad, neck, breast and body had been torn off or eaten 
out by some other bird of prey or small carnivorous animal, wa andering 
at low water upon the estuarine flats bordering that ancient "Oolitic sea 
“The lower right limb is well preserved, and consists of femur, tibia, 
and tarso-metatarsal bones; to the latter bone four toes ar articulated, 
one hind-toe and three fore- toes, having severally 1, 2, 3, and (42) 
joints, as in ali birds, and armed with strong hooked claws. The thigh 
and shank only of the right limb remain. The pelvis is well preserved 
on the left side, showing the cup-shaped cavity in which the head of the 
femur mov — 
he m (so conspicuous in all known birds) cannot be traced im 
this ictens unless the stained surface of the stone indicates its remains. 
That one existed by which a few at least of the sacral vertebrae were 
firmly fixed dnpikicar may be fairly concluded, for the hind limbs seem 
well adapted for hopping, cunning or perching; and the wings (which 
evidently were adapted for flight) must also = received support, 2 
proportion to their size, from the body of the animal. 
The whole of the vertebra of the tail are somupletely and beautifully 
preserved. They are twenty in number, of a narrow, elon ngated form, 
the Adieu of which slowly but constantly diminish, so that the the last 
> The fourth toe bones underlie the second and third, and cannot be certainly 
as The fossil is lying.on its back, so that we view the underside of its feathers and 
hones, 
