B70 STRITCTUEE AND CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS 



MuEiE ('dermal and visceral structures')/ and myself 

 (syrinx and muscular anatomy).^ Others, however, particu- 

 larly FuEBBiNGBE and Gaeeod, have contributed details of 

 importance to our knowledge of this bird. 



The powder-down patches, which were originally dis- 

 covered by Baetlett, exist as scattered groups of feathers 

 of the kind ; there are not the regular patches found in the 



Fig. 178. — Certain Leg Muscles oe Bhinochetiis (aftek Beddaed). 

 (S^, semitendinosus ; 4, its accessory ; jSfm, semimembranosus. 



near ally of Bhinochetus, Mesites. The oil gland is present 

 but nude. The feathers have an aftershaft. There are 

 twelve rectrices. The pterylosis, imperfectly described by 



' ' On the Dermal anl Visceral Structure of the Kagu,' Zool. Trans, vii. 

 p. 465. 



'' ' Contributions to the Anatomy of the Kagu,' P. Z. S. 1891, p. 9. See also 

 W. Mabshall, ' Quelques Observations sur la Splanchuologie de Bhino- 

 chetus juhatus,' Arch. Nierl. 1870, p. 402. 



