STERNA OP THE PENGUINS. 



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considerable distance beyond the termination of the 

 middle portion of the sternum, bearing in this respect 

 a very considerable resemblance to that of the galli- 

 nidae. 



The coracoids are long, strong, flattened, having 

 the inner edge formed into a lamina, which is per- 

 forated, and bears at its upper extremity a process of 

 the clavicle. The clavicle has a very peculiar shape, 

 w^hich will be better understood from the preceding 

 half-size plan of the sternum of the Cape penguin 

 than from any verbal description. 



The scapulars are very large, much broader than 

 in any other species of bird, and bearing a trace of 

 resemblance to the same bones in the mammalia. 

 Their form will be better seen in the following profile 



Profile of the Cape Penguin. 



of the sternal apparatus of the same bird, represented 



on the same scale. 



