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proper is as long as all the rest of the vertebral column put together, 

 consisting, as seen in the figure (Fig. 702), of twenty-one joints, from 



Fig. 701. — Archseopteryx macroura, restored (after Owen). 



which the fan-feathers come off in pairs on each side. The tail-fan 

 of this bird differs from that of typical birds precisely as the tail-fin of 

 earliest fishes differs from that of typical fishes. The tail-fan of this 

 earliest bird, like the tail-fin of earliest fishes, was vertebrated. This 

 wonderful reptilian bird was called Archceopteryx (primordial winged 

 creature), and the species Macroura (long- tailed). 



In 1873 another specimen of Archaeopteryx was found in the same 

 locality, and is now in the Berlin Museum. This Berlin specimen has 

 been carefully examined by Vogt, Marsh, and Dames (Figs. 703 and 

 704). From examination of these two specimens the following singu- 



Fig. 702.— A, Tail of Archseopteryx macroura; B, Vertebrae enlarged; C, a Feather; D, Tail of a 

 Vulture; E, side view of the same.. 



