VULTUEID^E.J 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[VULTUEIN^E. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 110 



Length of ulna 130 



Length of radius 125 



Length of metacarpus 55 



Length of femur . . . ... 60 



Length of tibia 94 



Length of metatarsus 50 



Length of sternum 67 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 37 



Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 34 



Depth of keel 16 



Length of head 62 



Breadth of head 22 



Length of pelvis 73 



Breadth of pelvis 38 



Palatine bones, Plate VI. tig. 1. 



Illustrations. 

 Sternum, Plate I. fig. 4. 



Skeleton, Plate I. A. 



Saecoeamphus, Bum. 

 Papa, Linn. 



Cranium similar to S. gryphus in shape, but with the foramina perforating the orbital 

 septum much smaller ; the occipital ridge very slightly developed in the centre, more so 

 than on the sides ; the protuberance also slight ; the external edges of the palatine plates 

 bent more downwards than in S. gryphus. Interarticular bones wanting. 



Sternum similar, but with the posterior margin indented with two large open fissures. 



Pelvis and the remainder of the skeleton also similar. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus ...... 66 



Length of ulna 83 



Length of metacarpus 35 



Length of femur 36 



Length of tibia 65 



Length of metatarsus ..... 36 



Length of sternum 42 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 24 



Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 21 



Depth of keel 10 



Length of head 



Breadth of head , 



Length of pelvis 55 



Breadth of pelvis 22 



Illustrations. 



Metatarsus, Plate II. fig. 6. 

 Pelvis, Plate V. fig. 1. 



Scapula, coracoid, and furculum, Plate VII. 

 fig. 1. 



Cathaetes, HI. 



Aura, Linn. 



Cranium very similar to Sarcoramphus gryphus, but with the anterior angles of the 

 frontal bones projecting further; the nasal orifices more open in proportion to their 

 length, and with the orbital septum nearly perfect. 



Sternum in general shape similar to Sarcoramphus, but with two large fissures on the 



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