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ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE 



Inches* Lines. 





Transverse diameter of last lumbar vertebra 



Ditto 



do. of body of ditto 



arm 



Vertical diameter of ditto .... 



Entire length of lumbar region of vertebral column 

 Vertical diameter of glenoid cavity of scapula 

 Transverse ditto ditto ditto 



Elevation of spine of scapula .... 

 Vertical diameter of proximal articular surface of fore-: 



i 



Transverse ditto ditto ditto 



Height of olecranon .... 



— 



Greatest diameter of its base 



Circumference of proximal end of anchylosed radius and ulna 

 Entire length of inner toe of fore-foot, inclusive of metacarpal bone 

 Breadth of proximal end of metacarpus 



Do. distal end of ditto 



Length of inner metacarpal bone 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



middle ditto 



outer ditto 



inner proximal phalanx 



middle ditto 



outer ditto 



inner middle phalanx 



middle ditto 



inner distal phalanx * 



the femur 



Diameter of base of articular surface of the head 

 Greatest diameter of proximal end 



Do. 



of distal end 



Circumference of middle of shaft 



Length of tibia ..... 



Greatest diameter of proximal end • 



Do. of distal end, including fibula 



Circumference of middle of shaft 

 Length of metatarsal bone t 



of ditto 



9 

 2 



1 



20 

 3 

 2 



3 

 3 



3 



5 



2 

 11 

 13 



3 



5 



7 

 8 



7 

 3 

 2 



3 

 2 

 2 



1 



24 



3 



7 

 6 



8 



18 



5 



4 



9 



' 7 



2 

 3 



m • 



10 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 3 



10 



8 

 4 

 6 



4 ■ 



6 



10 



4 



3 



6 



• ■ 



3 



7 

 4 



* The relative breadth of these bones is shown in the figures of the fore-foot, PI. XI. 



t The figures in PI. XIV. preclude the necessity of giving the admeasurements of the astragalus. 





Errata. 



•The reader is requested to substitute the word ' right ' for i left' in the last line of p. 35, before the 

 words ' radius,' ' fore-foot,' and ' femur,' and in the first line of p f 36', before the words ' tibia,' and 

 6 hind-foot.' 



