Fore Limb of Fowl. 



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together, with a view, of course, to allow of a strong stroke in 

 flying ; that there may be no " giving " of the constituent 

 bones. 



It will be clear, from the annexed illustrations, that the 

 hand of the chick is much more like that of the frog than is 



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Fig. 49. — Shoulder girdle osternum of Rabbit. (From Parker ; slightly altered.) 

 Sc, scapula ; mac, metacromion ; Ac, acromion ; CL, clavicle ; CR, coracoidal rudi- 

 ments ; OMST, distal coracoidal rudiment ; p.sr, manubrium ; MST, middle 

 part of sternum ; ep, epiphysis ; x, xiphisternum ; ist b, first rib. 



the hand of the adult. The carpal bones are more numerous, 

 and there is not so great a disproportion between the lengths 

 of the fingers. 



