Fig. 175. — Skeleton of Fowl. 



A-B, cervical vertebrae ; 1, spinous procens of third 

 vertebra ; 2, inferior ridge on same ; 8, styloid process ; 

 4, vertebral foramen ; B-0, dorsal vertebrae ; 6, spinous 

 process of first ; 7, crest formed by union of other 

 spinous processes ; D-B, coccygeal vertebrae ; F, G, 

 head ; 8, interorbital septum ; 9, interorbital foramen ; 

 10, premaxillary bone ; 10', anterior nares ; 11, man- 

 dible ; 12, quadrate ; 13, maxilla ; 14, keel of sternum 

 (H); IS, episternum ; 16, posterior lateral process ; 17, 

 obiic[ue lateral process ; 18, membrane closing internal 

 notch J 19, membrane of external notch ; J, ribs ; 20, 

 posterior process ; J", ribs ; K, scapula ; L, coracoid ; 

 M, furcula ; m, m, its branches ; N, humerus ; 0, ulna ; 

 0, radius ; P, P', carpus ; Q, <J', metacarpus ; R, first 

 phalanx of wing digits ; r, second ditto ; R\ thumb ; S, 

 ilium ; i", ischium ; S", pubes ; 21, sciatic foramen ; 22, 

 foramen obturatum ; T, femur ; U, patella ; V, tibia ; 

 JT, fibula ; y,> metatarsus ; y, intertarsus or heel-jornt ; 

 23, hypotarsus ; 24, process supporting the spur ; z, 

 digits^ (Chauveau.) 



