Teogonid^e.] 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[Capitoninje. 



Trogon, Moehr. 



Melanocephalus, Gould. 

 In every respect with the bones of a similar shape to those of Harpactes Beinwardtii. 

 Lacrymal bones triangular, with the points not turned quite so much backwards as in 

 Podargus. I have also in my collection Trogon viridis and Trogon aurantius. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 12 



Length of ulna 14 



Length of radius . 13 



Length of metacarpus 6 



Length of femur 8 



Length of tibia 11^ 



Length of metatarsus 8 



Length of sternum 11 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 10-| 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 7 



Depth of keel 4| 



Length of head 16 



Breadth of head ..... 



Length of pelvis 14 



Breadth of pelvis 11 



9i 



Illustration. 

 Skeleton, Plate IV. B. 



Calurus, Sow. 



Fulgidus, Gould. 

 Similar to Harpactes ; in the British Museum. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 16 



Length of ulna 20 



Length of metacarpus 10 



Length of femur 12 



Length of tibia 14 



Length of metatarsus 7 



Length of sternum 16 



Tenths. 

 Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 1 3 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 10 



Depth of keel 5 



Length of head 20 



Breadth of head 10 



Length of pelvis 16 



Breadth of pelvis 11 



Subfam. 2. Capitonin^e. 

 Megalaima, G. B. Gray. 



Corvina, Temm. 



Cranium more flattened than among the Picidce, with which it has been classed ; no 

 foramen in the orbital septum, except that through which the optic nerve passes ; channel 

 for the masseter muscles large, extending to the occiput ; occipital ridge well marked. 



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